ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Patellar Dislocation Patients Had Lower Bone Mineral Density and Hounsfield Unit Values in the Knee Joint Compared to Patients with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Ruptures: A Focus on Cortical Bone in the Tibia.
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- Patellar luxation causes abnormal mechanical loading and joint destruction in the femoral-tibial joint.Bone & joint research · 2026Article
- CT-derived proximal tibial bone density imbalance is associated with knee osteoarthritis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture and patellar dislocation (PD) are common knee injuries. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and computed tomography (CT) are widely used clinical diagnostic tools. The aim was to investigate the characteristics of knee bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with ACL rupture and PD and to explore the relationship between BMD and Hounsfield unit (HU) values. This prospective cross-sectional study included 32 ACL rupture and 32 PD patients assessed via DXA and CT. BMD and CT measurements were taken from regions of interest in the femoral and tibial condyles. Statistical analyses included t-tests and mixed-effects models. The results showed that BMD in the PD group was significantly lower than in the ACL group (
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