Association between knee stiffness and MRI-detected lesions: data from the osteoarthritis initiative (OAI)
We found that meniscus lesions, synovitis, and effusion were associated with knee stiffness. However, neither cartilage lesions nor bone marrow lesions in the tibio-femoral or patella-femoral joints were significantly correlated with knee stiffness.
Authors
- Yuqing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7954-1149)
- Jiaxiang Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5924-200X)
- Qiang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-2625)
- Jianhao Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1830-9244)
- Haichen Kong
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- China-Japan Friendship Hospital (CN)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Peking University People's Hospital (CN)
- Beijing Friendship Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-09242-2
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Peking University
- Peking University People's Hospital
- National Institutes of Health
- National Key Research and Development Program of China
- NIH Clinical Center