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Early knee OA definition-what do we know at this stage? An imaging perspective
Xiaojuan Li1, Frank W Roemer2, Flavia Cicuttini3
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
|March 20, 2023
Summary
Advanced imaging like MRI and CT can detect early knee osteoarthritis (OA) damage before it
Area of Science:
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
- Radiology and Medical Imaging
Background:
- Current early-stage knee osteoarthritis (OA) diagnosis relies on radiography (Kellgren-Lawrence classification).
- Radiographs may underestimate early joint tissue damage (cartilage, menisci, bone marrow) in knee OA.
- Differentiating normal aging from early structural OA development remains challenging.
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