Articular cartilage lesions increase early cartilage degeneration in knees treated by anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: T1ρ mapping evaluation and 1-year follow-up

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2353-2361

  Hirose, Jun ^a,b   Nishioka, Hiroaki ^a   Okamoto, Nobukazu ^a   Oniki, Yasunari ^a   Nakamura, Eiichi ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a   Usuku, Koichiro ^b   Mizuta, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); articular cartilage; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); mapping; T1

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL); ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MALE; MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; T1Ρ; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL); ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MAPPING; T1Ρ;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884950032     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513496048     Document Type: Article

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