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Covariance of the Tibial Plateau and the Femoral Condyles
Author(s) -
Bodnar Sarah Elizabeth,
Nestor Nicholas S,
Zdilla Matthew J
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.453.3
Subject(s) - femoral condyle , knee joint , tibia , condyle , plateau (mathematics) , femur , orthodontics , joint (building) , coronal plane , medicine , cartilage , anatomy , mathematics , surgery , mathematical analysis , structural engineering , engineering
The knee is a complex joint that is subject to varied pathologies, many due to aberrant mechanical forces transmitted between the tibia and femur. Though cartilage, joint space, and alignment (i.e., tibial femoral angle) have been emphasized with regard to the assessment of the knee joint, little is known about the relationship between the native contours of the tibial plateau and the femoral condyles. Therefore, this study assessed 367 coronal T1 FLASH MRIs of right‐sided knees from 376 individuals. Two block partial least squares analysis revealed that the first two partial least squares axes demonstrated 77.85% and 14.73% of total covariation, respectively. Further, PLS1 blocks and PLS2 blocks had significant correlations of 0.59 and 0.49, respectively, both with p < 0.0001. The results of this study identify that the contours of the tibial plateau and femoral condyles are correlated, regardless of cartilage, joint space, and knee alignment. Support or Funding Information Funding: WV Research Challenge Fund [HEPC.dsr.17.06] This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2019 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal .