BACKGROUND: Articular cartilage of young healthy individuals is dynamic and responsive to loading behaviors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of cartilage T(1ρ) and T(2) relaxation times with loading kinetics during jumping tasks in healthy young individuals. METHODS: Fourteen healthy subjects underwent: 1) motion analysis while performing a unilateral hopping task and bilateral drop jumping task; and 2) quantitative imaging using a 3 Tesla MRI for T(1ρ) and T(2) relaxation time analysis. Three dimensional net joint moments and angular impulse was calculated using standard inverse dynamics equations. Average T(1ρ) and T(2) relaxation times and medial-lateral ratios for each were calculated. Multiple regression was used to identify predictors of cartilage relaxation times. FINDINGS: Average knee flexion moment during hopping was observed to best predict overall T(1ρ) (R(2)=.185) and T(2) (R(2)=.154) values. Peak knee adduction moment during a drop jump was the best predictor of the T(1ρ) medial-lateral ratio (R(2)=.220). The T(2) medial-lateral ratio was best predicted by average internal rotation moment during the drop jump (R(2)=.174). INTERPRETATION: These data suggest that loads across the knee may affect the biochemistry of the cartilage. In young healthy individuals, higher flexion moments were associated with decreased T(1ρ) and T(2) values, suggesting a potentially beneficial effect. The medial-to-lateral ratio of T(1ρ) and T(2) times appears to be related to the frontal and transverse plane joint mechanics. These data offer promising findings of potentially modifiable parameters associated with cartilage composition.
BACKGROUND:Articular cartilage of young healthy individuals is dynamic and responsive to loading behaviors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of cartilage T(1ρ) and T(2) relaxation times with loading kinetics during jumping tasks in healthy young individuals. METHODS: Fourteen healthy subjects underwent: 1) motion analysis while performing a unilateral hopping task and bilateral drop jumping task; and 2) quantitative imaging using a 3 Tesla MRI for T(1ρ) and T(2) relaxation time analysis. Three dimensional net joint moments and angular impulse was calculated using standard inverse dynamics equations. Average T(1ρ) and T(2) relaxation times and medial-lateral ratios for each were calculated. Multiple regression was used to identify predictors of cartilage relaxation times. FINDINGS: Average knee flexion moment during hopping was observed to best predict overall T(1ρ) (R(2)=.185) and T(2) (R(2)=.154) values. Peak knee adduction moment during a drop jump was the best predictor of the T(1ρ) medial-lateral ratio (R(2)=.220). The T(2) medial-lateral ratio was best predicted by average internal rotation moment during the drop jump (R(2)=.174). INTERPRETATION: These data suggest that loads across the knee may affect the biochemistry of the cartilage. In young healthy individuals, higher flexion moments were associated with decreased T(1ρ) and T(2) values, suggesting a potentially beneficial effect. The medial-to-lateral ratio of T(1ρ) and T(2) times appears to be related to the frontal and transverse plane joint mechanics. These data offer promising findings of potentially modifiable parameters associated with cartilage composition.
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