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KMID : 0615720090260060077
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2009 Volume.26 No. 6 p.77 ~ p.83
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Study of the Evaluation of the Knee Osteoarthritis Using Ultrasonography
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Lee So-Young
Lee Seung-Won
Lee Min-Ho
Yoo Seung-Yeon
Chung Jie-Youn
Lee Sang-Hoon
Lee Yun-Ho
Lee Jae-Dong
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Abstract
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Objectives : The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of ultrasonography of knee osteoarthritis.
Methods : 124 osteoarthritis patients classified by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) clinical criteria were included in the study. Simple X-ray and ultrasonography examination (effusion, osteophyte, articular cartilage, Backer’s cyst) of knee in pain were performed. Also VAS, KWOMAC score were checked.
Results : X-ray showed abnormal findings in 112 patients, but ultrasonography showed abnormal findings in all 124 patients. 12 Patients with unremarkable knee X-ray showed effusion and osteophyte in the ultrasonography. Effusion was discovered only in 18 cases of X-ray and 62 cases of ultrasonography. Group with effusion showed higher VAS mean figure but couldn’t retrieve significant difference. KWOMAC showed no significant difference.
Conclusions : Osteoarthritis patients with no abnormality in X-ray diagnosed abnormal findings through sonograph, which manifest that sonograph can be utilized for differential diagnosis especially sensitive on the problem of effusion
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KEYWORD
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Ultrasonography, Osteoarthritis, Effusion
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