Accelerated Knee Osteoarthritis Is Characterized by Destabilizing Meniscal Tears and Preradiographic Structural Disease Burden.
Jeffrey B DribanJulie E DavisBing LuLori Lyn PriceRobert J WardJames W MacKayCharles B EatonGrace H LoMary F BarbeMing ZhangJincheng PangAlina C StoutMatthew S HarkeyTimothy E McAlindonPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2019)
Accelerated KOA is characterized by destabilizing meniscal tears in a knee compromised by meniscal damage in >2 regions, and also characterized by the presence of large BMLs and greater cartilage loss.