Subchondral bone microarchitecture in ACL reconstructed knees of young women: A comparison with contralateral and uninjured control knees

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are a common sports-related knee injury that increases the risk of developing post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA). During OA progression bone microarchitecture changes in the affected knee, however, little is known about bone microarchitecture in knees with early stage OA. The purpose of this study is to investigate in a cohort of females predisposed to develop OA how bone microarchitecture in ACL reconstructed knees differs from uninjured contralateral knees as well as healthy control knees and how this relates to early changes in OA.
Source: Bone - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Full Length Article Source Type: research