JOINT SPACE WIDTH MEASURES CARTILAGE THICKNESS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE - HIGH-RESOLUTION PLAIN FILM AND DOUBLE-CONTRAST MACRORADIOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION
JOINT SPACE WIDTH MEASURES CARTILAGE THICKNESS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE - HIGH-RESOLUTION PLAIN FILM AND DOUBLE-CONTRAST MACRORADIOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION
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DOI:
10.1136/ard.54.4.263
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发表时间:
1995-04-01
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
BRADSHAW, CR
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作者:
BUCKLANDWRIGHT, JC;MACFARLANE, DG;BRADSHAW, CR
Objective-To test reliability of joint space width (JSW) measurements as a predictor of cartilage thickness in knees of patients with osteoarthritis (OA), using high definition microfocal radiography.Method-JSW was measured from weight bearing plain film macroradiographs taken in the tunnel view and compared with the sum of femoral and tibial cartilage thicknesses measured from double contrast macroarthrograms of the same regions of the same knees obtained in the non-weight bearing lateral position.Results-All knees had medial compartment OA, Comparison of the JSW with the sum of the tibial and femoral cartilage thicknesses revealed a highly significant correlation (p