Patellofemoral alignment and geometry and early signs of osteoarthritis are associated in patellofemoral pain population.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Patellofemoral pain (PFP) patients show increased prevalence of patellar malalignment. Structural and alignment abnormalities of the patellofemoral joint (PFJ) may play a role in development of PFP and patellofemoral osteoarthritis (PFOA). OBJECTIVES:Evaluating associations of patellofemoral alignment and femoral geometry with bony and cartilaginous abnormalities in PFP patients and healthy control subjects. METHODS:Data from a case-control study were used (64 PFP subjects, 70 control subjects, 57% female, age 23.2 (6.4)). Alignment and femoral geometry measures in the PFJ were determined using MRI. Structural abnormalities in the PFJ associated with OA (bone marrow lesions, osteophytes, minor cartilage defects and Hoffa-synovitis), quantified cartilage composition (T1ρ relaxati

SUBMITTER: Eijkenboom JFA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7187437 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature