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2021 Jun 02


Arthritis Res Ther


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Prevalence of ultrasound-detected knee synovial abnormalities in a middle-aged and older general population-the Xiangya Osteoarthritis Study.

Authors

Jiang T, Yang T, Zhang W, Doherty M, Zhang Y, Wei J, Sarmanova A, Hall M, Yang Z, Li J, Fernandes GS, Obotiba AD, Gohir SA, Courtney P, Zeng C, Lei G
Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Jun 02; 23(1):156.
PMID: 34078472.

Abstract

There is paucity of data on the prevalence of ultrasound-detected synovial abnormalities in the general population, and the relationship between synovial changes and knee pain remains unclear. We examined the prevalence of synovial abnormalities on ultrasound and the relationship of these features with knee pain and radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) in a community sample.