Objectives: We investigated the relationship between morphological features in the lower limbs and the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in 6-years.Methods: Volunteer subjects from Toei (101 ...
Background Knee osteoarthritis is one of the most common orthopedic diseases. However, few studies have reported the morphometric characteristics of the lower leg related to the progression of knee osteoarthritis in regional populations. This study aimed to determine the radiographic morphometries of the lower leg in subjects who showed progression of osteoarthritis of the knee in the TOEI cohort.
#1Seung-Jae Lim(SMC: Samsung Medical Center)H-Index: 20
#2Yoonsoo Park(SMC: Samsung Medical Center)H-Index: 4
Last. Yoon Soo Park(SMC: Samsung Medical Center)H-Index: 2
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Plain radiographic examination is a fundamental approach to the diagnosis and treatment decision-making of the hip. A thorough understanding of standard radiographic techniques, radiographic anatomy, and disease patterns affecting the hip can be helpful in improving diagnostic accuracy. This article reviews the standard protocols used to obtain radiographic projections of the hip and addresses specific signs and various radiographic measurements used to adequately and reliably recognize structur...
#2John A. Lynch(UCSF: University of California, San Francisco)H-Index: 73
Last. Hemant Pandit(University of Oxford)H-Index: 60
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Summary Objective Lateral tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) is overall less common than medial tibiofemoral OA, but it is more prevalent in women. This may be explained by sex differences in hip and pelvic geometry. The aim of this study is to explore sex differences in hip and pelvic geometry and determine if such parameters are associated with the presence of compartment-specific knee OA. Methods This case-control study reports on 1,328 hips/knees from 664 participants and is an ancillary to th...
Last. Cyrus Cooper(Southampton General Hospital)H-Index: 224
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Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease involving the cartilage and many of its surrounding tissues. Disease progression is usually slow but can ultimately lead to joint failure with pain and disability. OA of the hips and knees tends to cause the greatest burden to the population as pain and stiffness in these large weight-bearing joints often leads to significant disability requiring surgical intervention. Sources of data: The article reviews the existing data on epidem...
Osteoarthritis (OA) a common disease of aged population and one of the leading causes of disability. Incidence of knee OA is rising by increasing average age of general population. Age, weight, trauma to joint due to repetiting movements in particular squatting and kneeling are common risk factors of knee OA. Several factors including cytokines, leptin, and mechanical forces are pathogenic factors of knee OA. In patients with knee pain attribution of pain to knee OA should be considered with cau...
Although older age is the greatest risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA), OA is not an inevitable consequence of growing old. Radiographic changes of OA, particularly osteophytes, are common in the aged population, but symptoms of joint pain may be independent of radiographic severity in many older adults. Ageing changes in the musculoskeletal system increase the propensity to OA but the joints affected and the severity of disease are most closely related to other OA risk factors such as joint inj...
Summary Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of inter-and intra-observer assessments of the mechanical alignment of the lower extremities with digitally computed radiographs of an anterior-posterior view of the whole leg using a new computer-assisted method. Method Load bearing axis deviation of the lower extremities was quantitatively measured by three examiners in 105 knees of 73 subjects who had osteoarthritis of the knee with a Kellgren–Lawrence grade of 1 or m...
Last. Rana S. Hinman(University of Melbourne)H-Index: 65
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Background Lower limb strengthening exercises are an important component of the treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA). Strengthening the hip abductor and adductor muscles may influence joint loading and/or OA-related symptoms, but no study has evaluated these hypotheses directly. The aim of this randomised, single-blind controlled trial is to determine whether hip abductor and adductor muscle strengthening can reduce knee load and improve pain and physical function in people with medial compart...
Last. Leena Sharma(NU: Northwestern University)H-Index: 70
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Objective To examine the correlation between hip-knee-ankle and femur-tibia radiograph angles, calculate the offset of the femur-tibia angle with respect to the hip-knee-ankle angle, calculate the sensitivity and specificity and area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of the femur-tibia angle, and examine the relationship of malalignment by each approach with osteoarthritis (OA) tissue pathology in the mechanically stressed compartment using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)....
Context: Rapid deceleration during sporting activities, such as landing from a jump, has been identified as a common mechanism of acute knee injury. Research into the role of potential sex differences in hip abductor function with lower extremity kinematics when landing from a jump is limited. Objective: To evaluate sex differences in hip abductor function in relation to lower extremity landing kinematics. Design: 2 2 mixed-model factorial design using a betweensubjects factor (sex) and a repeat...