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Relationship between DXA measured systemic bone mineral density and subchondral bone cysts in postmenopausal female patients with knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study : Osteoarthritis cysts and bone mineral density.

Şükrü Burak TönükZeynep Rezan YorgancıoğluSelma Uysal RamadanSeher Kocaoğlu
Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2024)
Development of TF OA high-grade SBCs may be linked to systemic bone mass as represented by trabecular bone-rich lumbar vertebrae. The relationship might point to the importance of bone stiffness as an acting factor in knee OA possibly with mechanical energy transfer to the joint.
Keyphrases
  • bone mineral density
  • knee osteoarthritis
  • postmenopausal women
  • body composition
  • high grade
  • energy transfer
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • physical activity
  • computed tomography
  • risk factors