C E Birch1, K S Mensch2, M J Desarno3, B D Beynnon4, T W Tourville5. 1. University of Vermont, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, San Antonio, TX, USA. Electronic address: birchch@gmail.com. 2. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Orthopaedics, Burlington, VT, USA. Electronic address: Menschk@uthscsa.edu. 3. University of Vermont, Department of Medical Biostatistics, Burlington, VT, USA. Electronic address: Michael.DeSarno@uvm.edu. 4. University of Vermont, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, San Antonio, TX, USA. Electronic address: bruce.beynnon@med.uvm.edu. 5. University of Vermont, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, San Antonio, TX, USA; University of Vermont, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, Burlington, VT, USA. Electronic address: timothy.tourville@med.uvm.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: There is limited information regarding changes in bone architecture following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. The objective of this study was to evaluate differences in tibial fractal signature in the medial and lateral compartments following ACL injury and describe how these values change following ACL-reconstruction and return to activity. DESIGN: This was a prospective cohort study with a nested case-control analysis. ACL-injured subjects and matched controls were evaluated at pre-surgical baseline and post ACL reconstruction follow-up at a mean of 46 months. Serial Fractal Dimensions (FD) of tibial subchondral bone architecture were calculated in medial and lateral regions of interest in the horizontal and vertical dimensions. RESULTS: In the medial and lateral compartments, there were significant differences in the vertical FD signature for ACL-injured subjects at final follow-up, when compared to the contralateral healthy tibia (medial P < 0.0001; lateral P < 0.0001) and the control group (medial P = 0.01; lateral P < 0.0001). Similarly, in the lateral compartment, there were significant differences in the horizontal FD profile for ACL-injured subjects at final follow-up, when compared to the contralateral healthy tibia (P = 0.003) and the controls (P < 0.0001). There were no significant side-to-side differences in FDs among healthy control subjects in the medial or lateral compartments at baseline or final follow-up. CONCLUSION: At 46-month follow-up, FD profiles are significantly different, and show an overall lower FD signature, for ACL-injured knees when compared to the contralateral healthy knee and uninjured controls. Additionally, this study provided the first side-to-side symmetry data of medial and lateral FD values in healthy controls.
OBJECTIVE: There is limited information regarding changes in bone architecture following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. The objective of this study was to evaluate differences in tibial fractal signature in the medial and lateral compartments following ACL injury and describe how these values change following ACL-reconstruction and return to activity. DESIGN: This was a prospective cohort study with a nested case-control analysis. ACL-injured subjects and matched controls were evaluated at pre-surgical baseline and post ACL reconstruction follow-up at a mean of 46 months. Serial Fractal Dimensions (FD) of tibial subchondral bone architecture were calculated in medial and lateral regions of interest in the horizontal and vertical dimensions. RESULTS: In the medial and lateral compartments, there were significant differences in the vertical FD signature for ACL-injured subjects at final follow-up, when compared to the contralateral healthy tibia (medial P < 0.0001; lateral P < 0.0001) and the control group (medial P = 0.01; lateral P < 0.0001). Similarly, in the lateral compartment, there were significant differences in the horizontal FD profile for ACL-injured subjects at final follow-up, when compared to the contralateral healthy tibia (P = 0.003) and the controls (P < 0.0001). There were no significant side-to-side differences in FDs among healthy control subjects in the medial or lateral compartments at baseline or final follow-up. CONCLUSION: At 46-month follow-up, FD profiles are significantly different, and show an overall lower FD signature, for ACL-injured knees when compared to the contralateral healthy knee and uninjured controls. Additionally, this study provided the first side-to-side symmetry data of medial and lateral FD values in healthy controls.
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