Relationship Between Patient-Reported Swelling and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Defined Effusion-Synovitis in Patients With Meniscus Tears and Knee Osteoarthritis.

Lindsey A MacFarlaneHeidi YangJamie E CollinsAli GuermaziLisa A MandlBruce A LevyRobert G MarxClare E Safran-NortonElena LosinaJeffrey N Katznull null

Published in: Arthritis care & research (2019)

We found that the sensitivity and specificity of patient-reported swelling were modest when compared with effusion-synovitis detected by MRI. These data urge caution against using patient-reported swelling as a proxy of inflammation manifesting as effusion-synovitis.

Keyphrases

patient reported
knee osteoarthritis
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
oxidative stress
diffusion weighted imaging
electronic health record
big data
machine learning
artificial intelligence
deep learning
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