Abstract:Background
There is evidence that the cause of primary osteoarthritis (OA) is related to the changes in subchondral bone; however, it is not fully understood if subchondral insufficiency fracture (SIF) of the femoral head would affect degeneration of the hip joint and what the prognostic factors related to joint degeneration are. The objectives of this study were 1) to investigate the longitudinal joint space narrowing and 2) to investigate the associations between joint space narrowing and bone metabolic mar… Show more
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