Presence, location, type and size of denuded areas of subchondral bone in the knee as a function of radiographic stage of OA – data from the OA initiative

• Published in: Osteoarthritis and cartilage Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 668 - 676
• Main Authors: Frobell, R.B., Wirth, W., Nevitt, M., Wyman, B.T., Benichou, O., Dreher, D., Davies, R.Y., Lee, J.H., Baribaud, F., Gimona, A., Hudelmaier, M., Cotofana, S., Eckstein, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Aged; Cartilage; Cartilage, Articular - pathology; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Denuded; Female; Humans; Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging; Knee Joint - pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis, Knee - complications; Osteoarthritis, Knee - diagnostic imaging; Osteoarthritis, Knee - pathology; Radiography; Rheumatology; Subchondral bone; Radiography; Cartilage; Magnetic resonance imaging; Subchondral bone; Denuded

To assess the presence, location, type and size of denuded areas of subchondral bone (dAB) in the femorotibial joint, measured quantitatively with 3 T MRI, in a large subset of OAI participants. One knee of 633 subjects (250 men, 383 women, aged 61.7 ± 9.6 y) were studied, spanning all radiographic...