Cartilage thickness loss and clinical worsening are associated in osteoarthritic knees reaching virtual replacement status – A nested case control study from the Osteoarthritis Initiative F. Eckstein, R.M. Boudreau, T. Fujii, M.J. Hannon, W. Wirth, S. Maschek, A. Guermazi, F. Roemer, M. Nevitt, L. Sharma, D. Hunter, K.C. Kwoh Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Volume 24, Pages S245-S246 (April 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.473 Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1: Study design and methods: 65 OAI knees that reached virtual knee replacement status (vKR) at 60 month (M) follow-up had quantitative cartilage analysis at up to 5 prior annual time points (T-4 through T0). Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2016 24, S245-S246DOI: (10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.473) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions