Osteophyte formation at the posterior notch of the femur serves as an early sign of osteoarthritic change of the knee joint
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: A growing number of older people worldwide suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee joint (KOA) that impairs activities of daily living (ADL) ［1,2］ .Preventing disease development and progression has been sought but remains unsuccessful ［3］ .One plausible strategy to achieve prevention would be to detect KOA as early as possible, or even to detect changes prior to overt disease when symptoms are absent, because cartilage is difficult to restore once it begins to degenerate.Many biomarkers have been proposed to detect early stage disease status using serum or urine biomarkers but they Chiba Medical J.
DOI: 10.20776/108445
Authors: Yuya Ogawa, Ryuichiro Akagi, Ryosuke Nakagawa, Seiji Kimura, Yoshimasa A. Ono, Shotaro Watanabe, Hiroaki Hosokawa, Manato Horii, Masashi Shinohara, Ryosuke Tozawa, Taichi Ninomiya, Seiji Ohtori, Takahisa Sasho
Language: English
Subfield: Rheumatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3043171439