TY - JOUR
T1 - Denuded subchondral bone and knee pain in persons with knee osteoarthritis
AU - Moisio, Kirsten
AU - Eckstein, Felix
AU - Chmiel, Joan S.
AU - Guermazi, Ali
AU - Prasad, Pottumarthi
AU - Almagor, Orit
AU - Song, Jing
AU - Dunlop, Dorothy
AU - Hudelmaier, Martin
AU - Kothari, Ami
AU - Sharma, Leena
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - Objective. It is unclear how articular cartilage loss contributes to pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Full-thickness cartilage defects expose the subchondral bone plate. The relationship between denuded bone and pain has not been examined. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the percent of denuded bone is associated with moderate-to-severe knee pain or frequent knee pain and longitudinally with frequent knee pain 2 years after the baseline evaluation. Methods. We studied 182 persons with knee OA (305 knees). Applying specialized magnetic resonance imaging techniques, manual segmentation was used to compute cartilage-covered and denuded bone areas for each surface. Moderate-to-severe knee pain was defined as a score of ≥40 mm on a knee-specific 100-mm visual analog scale, and frequent knee pain was defined as pain on most days during the past month. Logistic regression and generalized estimating equations were used in analyses, adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, and bone marrow lesions. Results. Cross-sectional analyses revealed that moderate-to-severe knee pain was associated with percent denuded bone in the medial compartment (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 3.90, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.33-11.47), in the medial and patellar surfaces together, and in the lateral and patellar surfaces. Frequent knee pain was associated with percent denuded bone in the patellar surface (adjusted OR 3.11, 95% CI 1.24-7.81), in the medial and patellar surfaces, and in the lateral and patellar surfaces. Longitudinal analyses (in 168 knees without frequent knee pain at baseline) revealed that percent denuded bone in the medial and patellar surfaces was associated with frequent incident knee pain (adjusted OR 4.19, 95% CI 1.56-11.22). Conclusion. These results support a relationship between subchondral bone plate exposure and prevalent and incident knee pain in patients with knee OA.
AB - Objective. It is unclear how articular cartilage loss contributes to pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Full-thickness cartilage defects expose the subchondral bone plate. The relationship between denuded bone and pain has not been examined. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the percent of denuded bone is associated with moderate-to-severe knee pain or frequent knee pain and longitudinally with frequent knee pain 2 years after the baseline evaluation. Methods. We studied 182 persons with knee OA (305 knees). Applying specialized magnetic resonance imaging techniques, manual segmentation was used to compute cartilage-covered and denuded bone areas for each surface. Moderate-to-severe knee pain was defined as a score of ≥40 mm on a knee-specific 100-mm visual analog scale, and frequent knee pain was defined as pain on most days during the past month. Logistic regression and generalized estimating equations were used in analyses, adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, and bone marrow lesions. Results. Cross-sectional analyses revealed that moderate-to-severe knee pain was associated with percent denuded bone in the medial compartment (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 3.90, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.33-11.47), in the medial and patellar surfaces together, and in the lateral and patellar surfaces. Frequent knee pain was associated with percent denuded bone in the patellar surface (adjusted OR 3.11, 95% CI 1.24-7.81), in the medial and patellar surfaces, and in the lateral and patellar surfaces. Longitudinal analyses (in 168 knees without frequent knee pain at baseline) revealed that percent denuded bone in the medial and patellar surfaces was associated with frequent incident knee pain (adjusted OR 4.19, 95% CI 1.56-11.22). Conclusion. These results support a relationship between subchondral bone plate exposure and prevalent and incident knee pain in patients with knee OA.
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U2 - 10.1002/art.25014
DO - 10.1002/art.25014
M3 - Article
C2 - 19950284
AN - SCOPUS:73249136354
SN - 0004-3591
VL - 60
SP - 3703
EP - 3710
JO - Arthritis and rheumatism
JF - Arthritis and rheumatism
IS - 12
ER -