Knee Osteoarthritis
Original Editors - Hamelryck Sascha
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Search Strategy[edit | edit source]
Databases used: Pubmed, Web of knowledge, American college of rheumatology.
Keywords used: osteoarthritis, knee, treatment, definition, exercises, surgery, condition (or a combination of these words).
Definition/Description[edit | edit source]
Knee osteoarthritis is the occurrence of osteoarthritis (OA) in the knee joint. The OA can be diagnosed in 3 places within the knee:
a. Medial compartment
b. Lateral compartment
c. Patellofemoral compartment
Clinically Relevant Anatomy[edit | edit source]
As mentioned above OA in the knee occurs in the patellofemoral joint as well as in the tibiofemoral joint. (Figure1.)
Other important factors are:
- Quadriceps strenght
- Alignment of the femur and tibia ( valgus/varus)
- (age and weight)
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