Longitudinal assessment of femoral knee cartilage quality using contrast enhanced MRI (dGEMRIC) in patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury – comparison with asymptomatic volunteers P. Neuman, J. Tjörnstrand, J. Svensson, C. Ragnarsson, H. Roos, M. Englund, C.J. Tiderius, L.E. Dahlberg Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Volume 19, Issue 8, Pages 977-983 (August 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.05.002 Copyright © 2011 Osteoarthritis Research Society International Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 T1Gd (ms), mean, 95% C.I. in the cartilage of the medial (●) and lateral (▪) femoral condyles after ACL injury (n=29). T1Gd (ms), mean, 95% C.I. in the cartilage of the medial (○) and lateral (□) femoral condyles in reference subjects (n=24). Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2011 19, 977-983DOI: (10.1016/j.joca.2011.05.002) Copyright © 2011 Osteoarthritis Research Society International Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 T1Gd (ms) in the cartilage of the medial femoral condyle after ACL injury (n=29) at the second MRI in correlation with time from injury to MRI, in subjects (●) (n=6) who also underwent a medial meniscectomy during follow-up and in subjects (○) who did not (n=23). Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2011 19, 977-983DOI: (10.1016/j.joca.2011.05.002) Copyright © 2011 Osteoarthritis Research Society International Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 T1Gd (ms) in the cartilage of the lateral femoral condyle after ACL injury (n=29) at the second MRI in correlation with time from injury to MRI, in subjects (●) (n=8) who also underwent a lateral meniscectomy during follow-up and in subjects (○) who did not (n=21). Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2011 19, 977-983DOI: (10.1016/j.joca.2011.05.002) Copyright © 2011 Osteoarthritis Research Society International Terms and Conditions