Association between knee alignment, osteoarthritis disease severity, and subchondral trabecular bone microarchitecture in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study
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- 4 September 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Arthritis Research & Therapy
- Vol. 22 (1), 1-11
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-020-02274-0
Abstract
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disabling disease involving the entire joint tissue, and its onset and progression are affected by many factors. However, the current number of studies investigating the relationship between subchondral trabecular bone (STB), knee alignment, and OA severity is limited. We aimed to investigate the variation in tibial plateau STB microarchitecture in end-stage knee OA patients and their association with knee alignment (hip-knee-ankle, HKA, angle) and OA severity. Seventy-one knee OA patients scheduled for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) underwent preoperative radiography to measure the HKA angle and Kellgren-Lawrence grade. Tibial plateaus collected from TKA were scanned using micro-computed tomography to analyze the STB microarchitecture. Histological sections were used to assess cartilage degeneration (OARSI score). Correlations between the HKA angle, OA severity (OARSI score, Kellgren-Lawrence grade), and STB microarchitecture were evaluated. Differences in STB microstructural parameters between varus and valgus alignment groups based on the HKA angle were examined. The HKA angle was significantly correlated with all STB microarchitecture parameters (p < 0.01). The HKA angle was more correlated with the medial-to-lateral ratios of the microarchitecture parameters than with the medial or lateral tibia plateaus. The HKA angle and all STB microarchitecture parameters are significantly correlated with both the OARSI score and Kellgren-Lawrence grade (p < 0.01). The STB microarchitecture is associated with the HKA angle and OA severity. With the increase of the knee alignment deviation and OA severity, the STB of the affected side tibial plateau increased in bone volume, trabecular number, and trabecular thickness and decreased in trabecular separation.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (11572197, 11872251)
- Shanghai Clinical Medical Center (2017ZZ01023)
- Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (JYLJ201821, CK2018011)
- School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (TM201814)
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