The association between meniscal and cruciate ligament damage and knee pain in community residents

Abstract

Incidental meniscal or cruciate findings on MRI were common in this elderly population. Among subjects without ROA, the presence of meniscal or cruciate damage was significantly associated with knee pain. The medial meniscal grade was significantly correlated with knee pain severity.

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“…In the semiquantitative approach, meniscal tears and meniscal extrusion are the two main types of lesions that are scored in knee osteoarthritis, and both are believed to be important markers of disease 63. Meniscal tears have been associated with cartilage loss57 58 62 64 and knee pain,65 and meniscal extrusion with knee malalignment and cartilage damage 57 58 62 66…”

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“…In their population-based study in South Korea, Kim et al reported the frequency of meniscal damage for their subjects (mean age 72 years) to be 49.7 % for men and 71.2 % for women [34]. The severity of knee pain correlated significantly with medial meniscal damage grade.…”

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“…Also, unlike isolated end-stage medial compartment OA, the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus in isolated end-stage lateral OA was commonly affected in this cohort. In a population-based study from Korea, Kim et al described in their subjects (mean age 72 years) a frequency of meniscal and cruciate ligament damage of 49.7% and 8.0% in men and of 71.2% and 26.9% in women, respectively 16 . The severity of knee pain correlated significantly with medial meniscal damage grade but not with cruciate ligament tears in the same study.…”