ArticleJournal of athletic training2018
Ultrasonographic Assessment of Femoral Cartilage in Individuals With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Case-Control Study.
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- Posttraumatic osteoarthritis after athletic knee injury: A narrative review of diagnostic imaging strategies.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Review
- The Influence of Knee Position on Ultrasound Imaging of Femoral Cartilage in Individuals with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Cartilage · 2024Article
- Femoral cartilage ultrasound echo-intensity is a valid measure of cartilage composition.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2024Article
- Knee kinetics and the medial femoral cartilage cross-sectional area response to loading in indviduals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2023Article
- The effect of attending rehabilitation after traumatic knee joint injury on femoral articular cartilage morphology in collegiate rugby players with a history of intracapsular knee joint injury during two-year consecutive rugby seasons.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Effects of Joint Immobilization and Treadmill Exercise on Articular Cartilage After ACL Reconstruction in Rats.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
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- Sex-Specific Associations between Cartilage Structure and Metabolism at Rest and Acutely Following Walking and Drop-Landing.Cartilage · 2021Article
- Changes in anterior femoral articular cartilage structure in collegiate rugby athletes with and without a history of traumatic knee joint injury following a five-month competitive season.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
- Pre-Operative Femoral Cartilage Ultrasound Characteristics Are Altered in People Who Report Symptoms at 1 year After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2021Article
- Factors Affecting the Femoral Cartilage Thickness After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Femoral Cartilage Ultrasound Echo Intensity Associates with Arthroscopic Cartilage Damage.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2021Article
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Abstract
contextDeveloping osteoarthritis is common after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Monitoring changes in femoral cartilage size after ACLR may be a way to detect the earliest structural alterations before the radiographic onset of osteoarthritis. Diagnostic ultrasonography (US) offers a clinically accessible and valid method for evaluating anterior femoral cartilage size.
objectiveTo compare the US measurements of anterior femoral cross-sectional area and cartilage thickness between limbs in individuals with a unilateral ACLR and between the ACLR limbs of these individuals and the limbs of uninjured control participants.
designCase-control study.
settingResearch laboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsA total of 20 volunteers with an ACLR (37.0 ± 26.6 months after surgery) and 28 uninjured volunteers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): We used US to assess anterior femoral cartilage cross-sectional area and thickness (ie, medial, lateral, and intercondylar) in the ACLR and contralateral limbs of participants with ACLR and unilaterally in the reference limbs of uninjured participants.
resultsThe ACLR limb presented with greater anterior femoral cartilage cross-sectional area (96.68 ± 22.68 mm
conclusionsAnterior femoral cartilage cross-sectional area and thickness assessed via US were greater in the ACLR limb than in the contralateral and uninjured limbs. Greater thickness and cross-sectional area may have been due to cartilage swelling or hypertrophy after ACLR, which may affect the long-term health of the joint.
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