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OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 180-185Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.11.002
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Osteoarthritis of the hip; Subchondral trabecular bone; Microstructure; Computed tomography (CT)
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22591344] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Objective: With developments in clinical computed tomography (CT), in vivo analysis of patients' bone microstructure has become increasingly possible. We analyzed the subchondral trabecular bone of hip osteoarthritis (OA) patients using multi-detector row CT (MDCT) to closely examine the structural changes that occur as OA progresses. Design: 47 female hip joints were studied: 20 with OA secondary to hip dysplasia (11 advanced OA, nine early-moderate OA), seven with hip dysplasia without OA, and 20 normal. The images' maximal spatial resolution was 280 x 280 x 500 mu m. Regions of interest (ROIs) were the subchondral trabecular bones of the acetabulum and femoral head. Measurement parameters were bone volume fraction (BV/TV), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), trabecular number (Tb.N), trabecular separation (Tb.Sp), structure model index (SMI), trabecular bone pattern factor (TBPf), Euler's number, and degree of anisotropy (DA). Relationships between joint space volume and these parameters were analyzed. Results: With decreasing joint space, Tb.Th and BV/TV increased, and Tb.Sp, Tb.N, SMI, TBPf, and DA decreased significantly. The microstructures were significantly different between the early to advanced OA groups and the normal and dysplasia groups; there was no significant difference between the normal and dysplasia groups. Conclusions: Changes of subchondral trabecular bone structure in OA could be evaluated using MDCT, despite imperfect spatial resolution and limited accuracy. Trabecular bone thickening and associated structural changes may be closely related to OA. Changes were observed in early to advanced OA, but not in dysplasia. This method may help to further elucidate OA pathogenesis, determine the therapeutic strategy, and evaluate therapy. (C) 2010 Osteoarthritis Research Society International. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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