Vastus lateralis/vastus medialis cross-sectional area ratio impacts presence and degree of knee joint abnormalities and cartilage T2 determined with 3T MRI - an analysis from the incidence cohort of the Osteoarthritis Initiative

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-73

  Pan, J ^a   Stehling, C ^b,c   Muller Hocker, C ^b,d   Schwaiger, B J ^a,b   Lynch, J ^a   McCulloch, C E ^a   Nevitt, M C ^a   Link, T M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage T2; OAI; Osteoarthritis; Vastus lateralis; Vastus medialis; WORMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITY PAIN SCORE; WHOLE ORGAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCORE;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78650305035     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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