ArticleClinical rheumatology2020
High prevalence of patellofemoral osteoarthritis in China: a multi-center population-based osteoarthritis study.
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- Establishment and validation of a novel rat model of early-stage patellofemoral osteoarthritis induced by patellar instability.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- One-year recovery after lateral retinaculum release combined with chondroplasty in patients with lateral patellar compression syndrome.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2025Article
- Quantitative assessment of patellofemoral osteoarthritis via the pressure band test: an innovative and objective test.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Morphological analysis of three-dimensional MR images of patellofemoral joints in asymptomatic subjects.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Microstructural changes of cartilage and subchondral bone in a guinea pig model of early- and middle-stage patellofemoral arthritis.American journal of translational research · 2023Article
- Epidemiology of osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2022Review
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- [Expert consensus on surgical treatment of patellofemoral osteoarthritis].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo describe the prevalence and risk factors of patellofemoral osteoarthritis (PFOA) among Chinese residents.
methodsA multi-center population-based osteoarthritis study was conducted in 2014. Residents aged ≥ 50 years old were recruited using a cluster sampling method. Subjects completed a home interview and physical examination and had skyline view of radiographs at patellofemoral (PF) joints. Radiographs were read by two trained musculoskeletal researchers, and discordance of a subject's PFOA status between two readers was adjudicated with a third musculoskeletal researcher present. Radiographic OA at PF joint was defined if osteophytes (OST) score was ≥ 2 or if joint space narrowing (JSN) score was ≥ 2 with concurrent grade 1 OST in the PF joint.
resultsOf 3446 subjects (63.0% women) included in this analysis, the prevalence of radiographic PFOA was 23.9% (20.5% men vs. 25.8% women). Prevalence of lateral radiographic OA was higher than medial radiographic OA at PF joint. Grades of both osteophytes and joint space narrowing in the lateral patellofemoral compartment were higher than those in the medial patellofemoral compartment (all P values < 0.001). Women, older age, higher BMI, and fewer years of education were significantly associated with higher prevalence of radiographic PFOA, osteophytes, and joint space narrowing.
conclusionPrevalence of radiographic PFOA was high among Chinese population. Key Points • The multi-center population-based osteoarthritis study shows the prevalence of radiographic PFOA was high among Chinese population. • Older age, female gender, obesity, and few years of education were associated with a high risk of PFOA. • Prevalence of lateral radiographic OA was higher than medial radiographic OA at PF joint.
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