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Asymmetric Post-Traumatic Knee Arthritis Is Closely Correlated With Both Severity and Time for Lower Limb Coronal Plane Malalignment.

Luke E Visscher, Cathal McCarthy, Jordy White, Kevin Tetsworth

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Article in Cartilage, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Luke E VisscherDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0031-0805
Cathal McCarthyDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Jordy WhiteDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Kevin TetsworthDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3069-4141
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital · AUQueensland University of Technology · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMechanical alignment of the lower limbs has been suggested to cause abnormal uneven loading across the compartments at the knee, but its contribution to the initiation and progression of arthritis remains controversial. This study aimed to establish whether malalignment of the lower limb after trauma is associated with worsened arthritis scores in the theoretically overloaded compartment, and if arthritis scores continuously correlate with the degree of malalignment and time with deformity.

designAfter screening 1160 X-rays, 60 patients were identified with long-leg radiographs > 2 years after fracture. Measurement of mechanical axis deviation (MAD) divided into groups of varus malalignment (

resultsIn varus and valgus malalignment, there was a greater mean arthritis score in the "overloaded" compartment compared to the contralateral side, with varus medial Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) scores 5.17 ± 2.91 vs 3.50 ± 2.72 (

conclusionsMalalignment consistently results in more advanced arthritis scores in the overloaded compartment, most likely related to abnormal loading across the knee. Severity of arthritis using OARSI grading continuously correlates with degree of malalignment and time with deformity after post-traumatic malunion.

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Bone MalalignmentKnee JointOsteoarthritis, KneeSeverity of Illness IndexAdultAgedFemaleHumansKnee InjuriesLower ExtremityMaleMiddle AgedRadiographyRetrospective StudiesTime Factorsarthritisarthrosisdegenerationkneemalalignment

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PMID37846509
PMCPMC11368894
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