P329 NATURAL HISTORY OF RADIOGRAPHIC KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS OVER 3-10 YEARS AFTER PREVIOUS MENISCAL SURGERY

Total knee arthroplasty after previous knee surgery

Previous Pregnancies and the Subsequent Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis

Background: Osteoarthritis of the knee is a major problem and one of the most causes of disability in the elderly. Woman tending to have more frequent and more severe evidence of knee osteoarthritis. Because of the possibility, that hormonal changes may influence the disease, the present study was designed to investigate the association between pregnancies and osteoarthritis of the knee. Metho...

Natural history and clinical significance of meniscal tears over 8 years in a midlife cohort

BACKGROUND There is limited longitudinal data available on the natural history of meniscal tears especially in middle-aged adults with a low prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA). The aim of this study was to describe the natural history of meniscal tears over 8 years and the relationship with change in knee pain and structures. METHODS One hundred ninety eight participants [mean age 47 (28-63); ...

Knee cartilage loss in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis over 4.5 years

The objective of this study was to describe the rate of change in knee cartilage volume over 4.5 years in subjects with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to determine factors associated with cartilage loss. One hundred and five subjects were eligible for this longitudinal study. Subjects' tibial cartilage volume was assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at baseline, at 2 years and...

Meniscal pathology and osteoarthritis of the knee.

The relationship between meniscal tearing and degenerative joint disease was studied by macroscopic examination of 115 knees at necropsy. The incidence of meniscal pathology was 57 per cent. There was no overall difference in the severity and distribution of tibiofemoral degeneration, whether the meniscus was torn or normal. We found little evidence that degenerative meniscal tears cause osteoa...