A recent study determined that bone area predicted the development of medial (inner side) and lateral (outer side) knee cartilage damage and loss of medial cartilage volume. Subchondral bone ...

Results Patellofemoral cartilage thickness decreased −58 µm (95% CI −104 to –11 µm) over 5 years post-ACL rupture, with the greatest loss observed in trochlea during the first 2 years. Participants ...

MRI scan of the ankle joint was done next, which showed loss of cartilage over the talus bone that forms the ankle joint; it was causing the pain. These osteochondral defects can lead to joint ...

The list of things Freeman has had to overcome in the past three months includes that rib cartilage fracture, the sprained ...

We investigated the pattern of cartilage loss in neutral, varus, and valgus knees. METHODS: Alignment was measured from full-limb radiographs in 174 participants with symptomatic knee OA.

Smoking did not appear to be associated with cartilage defects or loss of volume in the control individuals; however, smoking increased the risk of knee cartilage defects and loss of volume before ...

Study Design Case control study. Objectives To determine if chronic ankle instability (CAI) patients have lower proteoglycan density (PGD) in their talar cartilage compared to the uninjured controls.

Further imaging at a medical facility found that he had broken the costal cartilage in his sixth rib ... supposedly to rest his ankle. Unbeknownst to the Padres, New York Mets and everyone ...