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: Relationship of compartment-specific structural knee status at baseline with change in cartilage morphology: a prospective observational study using data from the osteoarthritis initiative. | Available online http content 11 3 R90 Research article Relationship of compartment-specific structural knee status at baseline with change in cartilage morphology a prospective observational study using data from the osteoarthritis initiative Felix Eckstein1 2 Wolfgang Wirth1 2 Martin I Hudelmaier1 2 Susanne Maschek1 2 Wolfgang Hitzl3 Bradley T Wyman4 Michael Nevitt5 Marie-Pierre Hellio Le Graverand5 David Hunter6 and the OA Initiative Investigator Group institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research Paracelsus Medical University Strubergasse 21 A5020 Salzburg Austria 2Chondrometrics GmbH Ulrichshoglerstrasse 23 D83404 Ainring Germany 3Research Office Paracelsus Medical University Strubergasse 21 A 5020 Salzburg Austria 4Pfizer Global Research and Development 50 Pequot Ave New London CT 06320 USA 5University of California and OA Initiative Coordinating Center 185 Berry Street San Francisco CA 94107 USA 6Division of Research New England Baptist Hospital 1 25 Parker Hill Avenue Boston MA 02120 USA Corresponding author Felix Eckstein Received 2 Mar 2009 Revisions requested 14 Apr 2009 Revisions received 5 May 2009 Accepted 1 7 Jun 2009 Published 17 Jun 2009 Arthritis Research Therapy 2009 11 R90 doi ar2732 This article is online at http content 11 3 R90 2009 Eckstein 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. Open Access Abstract Introduction The aim was to investigate the relationship of cartilage loss change in medial femorotibial cartilage thickness measured with magnetic resonance imaging MRI with compartment-specific baseline radiographic findings and MRI cartilage morphometry features and to identify which baseline features can