Meniscal Root Tears and Extrusion Are Significantly Associated with the Development of Accelerated Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

• Published in: Cartilage Vol. 13; no. 1_suppl; pp. 239S - 248S
• Main Authors: Foreman, Sarah C., Liu, Yao, Nevitt, Michael C., Neumann, Jan, Joseph, Gabby B., Lane, Nancy E., McCulloch, Charles E., Link, Thomas M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Aged; Cartilage Diseases; Case-Control Studies; Clinical Research papers; Disease Progression; Female; Humans; Knee Injuries; Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging; Longitudinal Studies; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Menisci, Tibial - diagnostic imaging; Meniscus; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis, Knee - diagnostic imaging; Osteoarthritis, Knee - etiology; Tibial Meniscus Injuries - diagnostic imaging; knee; MRI; osteoarthritis; cartilage

Objective To identify joint structural risk factors, measured using quantitative compositional and semiquantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scoring, associated with the development of accelerated knee osteoarthritis (AKOA) compared with a more normal rate of knee osteoarthritis (OA) develop...