Quantitative Ultrasonography (US) Evaluation on Femoral Condyle Cartilage

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00630604

NSC 94-2314-B-037-020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of using quantitative ultrasonography (US) evaluation to determine the severity of osteoarthritic femoral condyle cartilage erosion.

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with knee OA who were going to receive total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with inflammatory arthritis (e.g. rheumatic arthritis) and infectious disease (e.g. hepatitis B)