Your knee contains articular cartilage, which lines your bones and allows you to move without pain or friction. Knee cartilage damage occurs when your articular cartilage chips or wears away. In ...

Ultrasonography (US)-identified features like osteophytes, effusion, meniscal extrusion, cartilage damage, calcium crystals, and popliteal cysts were associated with knee symptoms, radiographic ...

Cartilage calcification is associated with knee osteoarthritis (OA). A study by Mitsuyama et al., however, suggests that calcification is primarily a consequence of aging rather than OA.

Knee pain is a common condition that can affect mobility and overall well-being, often stemming from sports injuries or chronic conditions like osteoarthritis that develop over time. Depending on ...

Alicia McHatton was in Kailua-Kona, on Hawaii’s big island, when she received the phone call that would change her life. It ...

Cartilage cells taken from the nose can be used to repair knee injuries People experienced improvements with knee cartilage grafts grown from nasal septum cells Grafts grown for longer periods in ...

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Injuries to the articular cartilage in different joints, including the knee, are painful and limit mobility. In response, researchers at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel are ...

Animal and in vitro studies indicate that tobacco smoking impairs chondrocyte function (by inhibiting cell proliferation and extracellular matrix synthesis) and cartilage metabolism. Amin and ...

Background The effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections for osteoarthritis (OA) is still controversial. We investigated the effect of PRP injections in patients with knee OA based on ...

Nimmo had an MRI on his injured right knee Tuesday which showed inflammation, Tim Healey of Newsday reports. Nimmo's one and only Grapefruit League game came last Friday, and he had been slated to ...