Correlation of Femoral Cartilage Thickness and Osteoporosis in Female Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Ozovez G. A. , ALP A.

TURK OSTEOPOROZ DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF OSTEOPOROSIS, vol.27, no.2, pp.96-102, 2021 (Journal Indexed in ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.4274/tod.galenos.2020.47704
  • Title of Journal : TURK OSTEOPOROZ DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF OSTEOPOROSIS
  • Page Numbers: pp.96-102
  • Keywords: Femoral cartilage thickness, knee osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, ultrasonography, SF-36, WOMAC, BONE-MINERAL DENSITY, RABBIT MODEL, BISPHOSPHONATES, RELIABILITY, POPULATION

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between ultrasonographic femoral cartilage thickness and presence of concomitant osteoporosis in a group of female patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).