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Knee XRay in Osteoarthritis
Aka: Knee XRay in Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis Knee XRay
- See Also
- Osteoarthritis
- Knee Osteoarthritis
- Indications
- Knee Trauma
- Significant joint effusion
- No prior knee disease diagnosis
- Loss of knee range of motion
- Pain not explained by ligament strain or Bursitis
- Severe or persistent Knee Pain
- Failed Osteoarthritis conservative therapy
- Views
- Standing anteroposterior (weight bearing)
- Lateral
- Notch Patellar views (Sunrise view)
- Posteroanterior intracondylar (PAIC)
- Tangential Patellar
- Findings
- Joint space narrowing
- Medial tibiofemoral joint space narrowing
- Patellofemoral joint space narrowing
- Lateral joint space narrowing to lesser extent
- New subchondral bone formation
- Tibia lateral subluxation
- Osteophyte formation
- Medial osteophytes are most prominent initially
- References
- Brower (1998) Arthritis Black and White, Saunders
- Klippel (1997) Primer Rheumatic Diseases, AF
- Boegard (1999) Skeletal Radiol 28:605-15 [PubMed]
- Peterson (1997) Ann Rheum Dis 56:493-6 [PubMed]
- Swagerty (2001) Am Fam Physician 64(2):279-86 [PubMed]