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Ultrasonographic Changes of the Knee Joint Reflect Symptoms of Early Knee Osteoarthritis in General Population; The Nagahama Study.

Motoo SaitoHiromu ItoAkinori OkahataMoritoshi FuruKohei NishitaniShinichi KuriyamaShinichiro NakamuraTomotoshi KawataTome IkezoeTadao TsuboyamaNoriaki IchihashiYasuharu TabaraFumihiko MatsudaShuichi Matsuda
Published in: Cartilage (2022)
Among the knee US-detectable changes, medial osteophytes were strongly associated with knee symptoms. Osteophytes are reliable predictors of symptomatic early knee OA, even in participants with few radiographic OA changes.
Keyphrases
  • knee osteoarthritis
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • depressive symptoms