The relationship between patellofemoral arthritis and fat tissue volume, body mass index and popliteal artery intima-media thickness through 3T knee MRI
Mehmet KurtAli Yusuf ÖnerMurat UçarSeda Aladag KurtPublished in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2019)
This study demonstrates the relationship among obesity, IMT and chondromalacia and highlights this potential circle to develop effective treatments and inhibit the progression of chondromalacia.
Keyphrases
- total knee arthroplasty
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- adipose tissue
- rheumatoid arthritis
- weight loss
- contrast enhanced
- optical coherence tomography
- computed tomography
- weight gain
- cardiovascular risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- body mass index
- fatty acid
- human health