Femoral Cartilage Thickness in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients and Healthy Adults: An Ultrasound Measurement Comparison by Rita Vivera Pane, Rahayu Setiyaningsih, Gunawan Widodo, Aufar Zimamuz Zaman Al Hajiri, Juwita Raudlatul Salsabil

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A protocol to assess the Knee cartilage thickness in healthy older adults and analyze its correlation with patient-reported outcomes by Dias Tina Thomas, Charu Eapen, Atmananda S. Hegde, Prajwal Prabhudev Mane, Ajit R. Mahale

“…Using ultrasonography, the cartilage thickness will be measured in 100 healthy individuals. …”
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Experimental investigation on the reverse mechano-electrical effect of porcine articular cartilage by Chunsheng Liu, Le Zhao, Hao Dong, Zekun Hua, Yanqin Wang, Yongxing Wang, Pengcui Li, Xiaochun Wei, Kai Zhang, Yanru Xue, Xiaogang Wu, Weiyi Chen

“…The reduction in cartilage water content resulted in a decrease in cartilage thickness, following the same influencing mechanism as thickness. …”
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An Unexpected Complication after Headless Compression Screw Fixation of an Osteochondral Fracture of Patella by Suavi Aydoğmuş, Tahir Mutlu Duymuş, Tolga Keçeci

“…Further clinical studies need to examine the variation in cartilage thickness in the fracture fragment.…”
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A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing biphasic cartilage repair implant with microfracture in small chondral lesions of knee: findings at five-year-follow-up by Yao-Yi Kuo, Si-Qi Chiu, Wen-Pei Chang, Chih-Yu Chen, Chih-Hwa Chen, Chen-Kun Liaw, Cheng-Aun Tan, Pei-Wei Weng

“…MRI analysis indicated a significant increase in minimum cartilage thickness with BiCRI treatment (median of difference: 1 mm, P = 0.026)), in contrast to the nonsignificant change in the microfracture group (median of difference: 1 mm, P = 0.102). …”
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Quantifying Region-Specific Elastic Properties of Distal Femoral Articular Cartilage: A Shear-Wave Elastography Study by Weixin Deng, Ming Lin, Suiqing Yu, Hongying Liang, Zhijie Zhang, Chunlong Liu

“…Knee osteoarthritis is a disease with the degeneration of articular cartilage as its main feature. Cartilage thickness cannot become a single index to evaluate cartilage degeneration, so it is essential to also evaluate the stiffness. …”
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MRI-based hip cartilage measures in osteoarthritic and non-osteoarthritic individuals: a systematic review by Jacob L Jaremko, Hector N Aguilar, Michele C Battié

“…However, no longitudinal data or reference values for hip cartilage thickness or volume have been published, limiting the ability of MRI to define or risk-stratify hip osteoarthritis. …”
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Inhibition of miR-182-5p Targets FGF9 to Alleviate Osteoarthritis by Yang Sun, Sanmao Su, Mengjun Li, Ang Deng

“…After overexpression of FGF9, the miR-182-5p effect on OA chondrocytes was reversed. The hyaline cartilage thickness and proteoglycan content decreased in OA rats, and this was reversed by miR-182-5p inhibitor treatment. …”
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