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Examination of joint space by magnetic resonance imaging in anatomically normal knees
Author(s) -
Sargon Mustafa F.,
Taner Doğan,
Altintaş Kayhan
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1996)9:6<386::aid-ca5>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - medicine , knee joint , magnetic resonance imaging , joint (building) , body mass index , orthodontics , anatomy , nuclear medicine , surgery , radiology , architectural engineering , engineering
The medial and lateral knee joint spaces of 184 patients who had anatomically normal knees were measured by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method. The findings were compared according to age, sex, height, and body mass index changes of the individuals and the mean values of medial and lateral knee joint spaces were calculated in every group. The results show that in an anatomically normal population, all the individuals have larger lateral knee joint spaces than medial knee joint spaces. The patients lose knee joint space regularly with increasing age. Children have larger knee joint spaces than adults. Men have larger knee joint spaces than women. The knee joint space size of the patients increase regularly with increasing height up to 180 cm. The patients, who are taller than 180 cm do not show any marked difference in joint space size, when compared with the patients whose heights differ in between 171–180 cm. Knee joint space size is not related to the body mass index of the individual. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.