Radiographic assessment of hip and knee osteoarthritis. Recommendations: recommended guidelines.
Pathological lesions of osteoarthritis, demonstrated by conventional radiography, can be assessed by scoring systems and/or measurement with a quite acceptable reproducibility. Scores are recommended for a rough staging of osteoarthritis and of bone changes. Measurement is recommended for assessment of joint space narrowing progression. A good assessment of progression implicates a perfect reproducibility of the radiographic image of the joint. Accuracy of standard radiograph is improved by some views such as the hip profile and the schuss view.
Vignon
E
E
Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Benite Cedex, 69495, France.
Conrozier
T
T
Piperno
M
M
Richard
S
S
Carrillon
Y
Y
Fantino
O
O
D006801:Humans; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011859:Radiography