Ultrasonographic Measurement of Femoral Cartilage Thickness in Patients with  Knee Osteoarthritis

Mohamed A. Bedewi; Ayman A. Elsifey; Moheyeldeen F. Naguib; Ayman K. Saleh; Sameer Al-Ghamdi; Bader A. Alhariqi; Nasser M, Aldossary; Gehan Abdelwahab; Naif Bin Nwihadh; Amr A. Abd-Elghany; Mahmoud H. El-Bidawy

doi:10.21103/Article12(1)_OA2

International Journal of Biomedicine (Mar 2022)

Ultrasonographic Measurement of Femoral Cartilage Thickness in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Mohamed A. Bedewi,
Ayman A. Elsifey,
Moheyeldeen F. Naguib,
Ayman K. Saleh,
Sameer Al-Ghamdi,
Bader A. Alhariqi,
Nasser M, Aldossary,
Gehan Abdelwahab,
Naif Bin Nwihadh,
Amr A. Abd-Elghany,
Mahmoud H. El-Bidawy

Affiliations

Mohamed A. Bedewi: Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Ayman A. Elsifey: Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Moheyeldeen F. Naguib: Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Ayman K. Saleh: Department of Surgery, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia; Orthopedic Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
Sameer Al-Ghamdi: Department of Family Medicine & Community Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Bader A. Alhariqi: Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Nasser M, Aldossary: Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Gehan Abdelwahab: Department of rheumatology and rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt
Naif Bin Nwihadh: Department of Surgery, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Amr A. Abd-Elghany: Radiology and Medical Imaging Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdul-Aziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia; Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo University St., Giza, Egypt
Mahmoud H. El-Bidawy: Department of Physiology, Kasr Al-Aini Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Department of BMS, Division of Physiology, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Ibn Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21103/Article12(1)_OA2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 29 – 33

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The aim of this study was to investigate the femoral cartilage thickness (FCT) by ultrasound in patients with knee osteoarthritis and compare them with those of healthy subjects. Methods and Results: This cross-sectional study included 44 patients diagnosed with knee OA and 49 healthy subjects. The thickness of the femoral articular cartilage was measured using an L5-18 MHz linear probe. Measurements were taken from both knee joints in three regions: the medial condyle, lateral condyle, and intercondylar area. Our results showed thinner cartilage in OA patients than in the healthy subjects at the three examined locations bilaterally (medial condyle, lateral condyle, intercondylar area). Conclusion: Our study revealed thinner FCT in patients with knee OA than in healthy subjects. Further studies considering the stratification of different stages of OA could yield better results.

Published in International Journal of Biomedicine

ISSN: 2158-0510 (Print); 2158-0529 (Online)
Publisher: International Medical Research and Development Corporation
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.ijbm.org

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