ArticleOsteoarthritis and cartilage2020
Reliability of a new scoring system for intraarticular mineralization of the knee: Boston University Calcium Knee Score (BUCKS).
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- Imaging and management of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease.Skeletal radiology · 2025Review
- Chondrocalcinosis and incident knee osteoarthritis: findings from 2 large prospective cohorts with 20 years of follow-up.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2025Observational
- Micro-computed tomography reveals high-density mineralised protrusions and microstructural lesions in equine stifle joint articular cartilage.Equine veterinary journal · 2025Article
- Intra-Articular Mineralization on Computerized Tomography of the Knee and Risk of Cartilage Damage: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2024Article
- The utility of virtual monochromatic dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) in meniscal imaging: a technical evaluation.Polish journal of radiology · 2024Article
- Relation of Intra-Articular Mineralization to Knee Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Longitudinal Analysis in the MOST Study.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Prevalence of intra-articular mineralization on knee computed tomography: the multicenter osteoarthritis study.Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2023Article
- 3D analysis and grading of calcifications from ex vivo human meniscus.Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2023Article
- Early knee OA definition-what do we know at this stage? An imaging perspective.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2023Review
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backgroundThe role of intra-articular mineralization in osteoarthritis (OA) is unclear. Its understanding may potentially advance our knowledge of knee OA pathogenesis. We describe and assess the reliability of a novel computed tomography (CT) scoring system, the Boston University Calcium Knee Score (BUCKS) for evaluating intra-articular mineralization.
methodsWe included subjects from the most recent study visit of the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) Study, a NIH-funded longitudinal cohort of community-dwelling older adults with or at risk of knee OA. All subjects underwent CT of bilateral knees. Each knee was scored at 28 scored locations (14 for cartilage, 6 for menisci, 6 for ligaments, 1 for joint capsule, and 1 popliteal-tibial vessels). A single musculoskeletal radiologist scored cartilage and meniscus subregions, as well as vascular calcifications assigning to each a score ranging from 0 to 3. The joint capsule, medial and lateral posterior meniscal roots, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)/posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and 2 collateral ligaments [medial collateral ligament (MCL)/lateral collateral ligament (LCL)] were each scored 0 or 1 for absence or presence of mineralization. To assess reliability, 31 subject CTs were reread 12 weeks later by the same reader and by a second reader and agreement was evaluated using a weighted kappa.
resultsThe intra-reader reliability ranged from 0.92 for ligaments to 1.0 for joint capsule. The inter-reader reliability ranged from 0.94 for cartilage and ligaments, to 1.0 for joint capsule.
conclusionBUCKS demonstrated excellent reliability and is a potentially useful CT-based tool for studying the role of calcium crystals in knee OA.
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