Medial meniscus extrusion increases with age and BMI and is depending on different loading conditions

• DOI: 10.1007/s00167-018-4885-7
• Publication Date: 2018-03-06T11:25:30Z
• Authors: Andrea Achtnich; Wolf Petersen; Lukas Willinger; Andreas Sauter; Michael Rasper; Klaus Wörtler; Andreas B. Imhoff; Theresa Diermeier
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Aging; Posture; Middle Aged; 610 Medical sciences; Medicine; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Menisci, Tibial; Healthy Volunteers; Body Mass Index; Weight-Bearing; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; 0302 clinical medicine; ddc: 610; meniscus extrusion ultrasound; Humans; Female; Prospective Studies; Aged; Ultrasonography

Objectives: Meniscal extrusion in MRI is normally described as pathologic finding and associated with a loss of function of the affected meniscus. We hypothesize that in healthy knees there is also physiological meniscal extrusion as a functional adjustment on various load bearing condition. Therefore[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]<br/>Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2018)<br/>