Using Cartilage MRI T2-Mapping to Analyze Early Cartilage Degeneration in the Knee Joint of Young Professional Soccer Players.

Leonie WaldenmeierChristoph EversMichael UderRolf JankaFrank Friedrich HennigMilena L PachowskyGötz Hannes Welsch

Published in: Cartilage (2018)

In this study, alterations of the cartilage were found with a maximum in the medial condyle where the biomechanical load of the knee joint is highest, as well as where most of the chronic cartilage lesions occur. To avoid chronic damage, special focus should be laid on this region.

Keyphrases

extracellular matrix
magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
oxidative stress
computed tomography
middle aged
mass spectrometry
diffusion weighted imaging
high density
finite element analysis