Author:
Satake Yoshinori,Izumi Masashi,Aso Koji,Ikeuchi Masahiko
Abstract
AbstractThis study investigates whether infrapatellar fat pad (IPFP) elasticity is associated with anterior knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The IPFP elasticity of 97 patients with KOA (Kellgren and Lawrence [KL] grades of the femorotibial and patellofemoral joints ≥ 2 and ≤ 2, respectively), aged 46–86 years, was evaluated via shear wave speed using ultrasound elastography. The patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of anterior knee pain. Univariate analyses were used to compare patient age, sex, femorotibial KL grade, magnetic resonance imaging findings (Hoffa, effusion synovitis, bone marrow lesion scores, and IPFP size), and IPFP elasticity between the groups. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were subsequently performed using selected explanatory variables. IPFP elasticity was found to be associated with anterior knee pain in the univariate (p = 0.007) and multivariate (odds ratio: 61.12, 95% CI 1.95–1920.66; p = 0.019) analyses. Anterior knee pain is strongly associated with stiffer IPFPs regardless of the femorotibial KL grade, suggesting that ultrasound elastography is useful for the diagnosis of painful IPFP in patients with KOA.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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