Osteoarthritis
Conditions
Keywords
ultrasonography, knee, early degeneration, cartilage
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of using quantitative ultrasonography (US) evaluation to determine the severity of osteoarthritic femoral condyle cartilage erosion.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
Kaohsiung Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with knee OA who were going to receive total knee arthroplasty
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with inflammatory arthritis (e.g. rheumatic arthritis) and infectious disease (e.g. hepatitis B)
Outcome results
None listed