Sargon M F, Taner D, Altintaş K
Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Clin Anat. 1996;9(6):386-90. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1996)9:6<386::AID-CA5>3.0.CO;2-9.
The medical and lateral knee joint spaces of 184 patients who had anatomically normal knees were measured by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method. The findings were compared according to age, sex, height, and body mass index changes of the individuals and the mean values of medial and lateral knee joint spaces were calculated in every group. The results show that in an anatomically normal population, all the individuals have larger lateral knee joint spaces than medial knee joint spaces. The patients lose knee joint space regularly with increasing age. Children have larger knee joint spaces than adults. Men have larger knee joint spaces than women. The knee joint space size of the patients increase regularly with increasing height up to 180 cm. The patients, who are taller than 180 cm do not show any marked difference in joint space size, when compared with the patients whose heights differ in between 171-180 cm. Knee joint space size is not related to the body mass index of the individual.
采用磁共振成像（MRI）方法对184例膝关节解剖结构正常的患者的膝关节内侧和外侧间隙进行测量。根据个体的年龄、性别、身高和体重指数变化对测量结果进行比较，并计算每组膝关节内侧和外侧间隙的平均值。结果显示，在解剖结构正常的人群中，所有人的膝关节外侧间隙均大于内侧间隙。患者的膝关节间隙随年龄增长而有规律地减小。儿童的膝关节间隙大于成年人。男性的膝关节间隙大于女性。患者的膝关节间隙大小随身高增加至180 cm呈有规律地增大。身高超过180 cm的患者与身高在171 - 180 cm之间的患者相比，关节间隙大小无明显差异。膝关节间隙大小与个体的体重指数无关。
