Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is positively associated with patella cartilage and bone volumes in a pain-free community-based population. | Available online http content 10 6 R143 Research article Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is positively associated with patella cartilage and bone volumes in a pain-free community-based population Patricia A Berry1 Andrew J Teichtahl1 Ana Galevska-Dimitrovska1 Fahad S Hanna1 2 Anita E Wluka1 2 Yuanyuan Wang1 Donna M Urquhart1 Dallas R English3 4 Graham G Giles3 and Flavia M Cicuttini1 Open Access 1 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Monash University Central and Eastern Clinical School Commercial Road Melbourne 3004 Australia 2Baker Heart Research Institute Commercial Road Melbourne 3004 Australia 3Cancer Epidemiology Centre The Cancer Council of Victoria Rathdowne Street Melbourne 3053 Australia 4School of Population Health The University of Melbourne Bouverie Street Melbourne 3010 Australia Corresponding author Flavia M Cicuttini Received 1 Aug 2008 Revisions requested 29 Sep 2008 Revisions received 20 Nov 2008 Accepted 15 Dec 2008 Published 15 Dec 2008 Arthritis Research Therapy 2008 10 R143 doi ar2573 This article is online at http content 10 6 R143 2008 Berry et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Although vastus medialis and lateralis are important determinants of patellofemoral joint function their relationship with patellofemoral joint structure is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine potential determinants of vastus medialis and lateralis cross-sectional areas and the relationship between the cross-sectional area and patella cartilage and bone volumes. Methods Two hundred ninety-seven healthy adult subjects had magnetic resonance imaging of their dominant knee.
