Bedewi Mohamed A, Elsifey Ayman A, Naguib Moheyeldeen F, Saleh Ayman K, Nwihadh Naif Bin, Abd-Elghany Amr A, Swify Sherine M
Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Surgery, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Medicine, Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Int Med Res. 2020 Aug;48(8):300060520948754. doi: 10.1177/0300060520948754.
This study was performed to obtain normative data of the distal femoral cartilage thickness in healthy adults by ultrasound.
This cross-sectional study included 72 healthy adults. The demographic characteristics of the participants were recorded, and the thickness of the femoral articular cartilage was measured using a 5- to 18-MHz linear probe.
Significant statistical difference towards the male side at left medial condyle (P = 0.001) and left lateral condyle (P = 0.009). Weakly positive statistical difference was noted towards the male side at right medial condyle (P = 0.06) and right lateral condyle (P = 0.07). The femoral cartilage thickness in the study participants did not correlate with weight, body mass index, and age (P >0.05). Positive statistical correlation with height noted in right medial condyle, right lateral condyle, right intercondylar area, and left medial condyle.
This study increases the pool of normative data of femoral cartilage thickness measurements. Additionally, the findings of this study emphasize the fact that women have thinner cartilage than men in four of the studied parameters.
本研究旨在通过超声获取健康成年人股骨远端软骨厚度的规范数据。
本横断面研究纳入了72名健康成年人。记录参与者的人口统计学特征,并使用5至18MHz线性探头测量股骨关节软骨的厚度。
左内侧髁(P = 0.001)和左外侧髁(P = 0.009)在男性一侧存在显著统计学差异。右内侧髁(P = 0.06)和右外侧髁(P = 0.07)在男性一侧存在弱阳性统计学差异。研究参与者的股骨软骨厚度与体重、体重指数和年龄无关(P>0.05)。右内侧髁、右外侧髁、右髁间区和左内侧髁与身高呈正相关。
本研究增加了股骨软骨厚度测量规范数据的储备。此外,本研究结果强调了在四个研究参数中女性软骨比男性薄这一事实。