title: [The ultrasonography of the capsular ligamentous apparatus of the knee joint in the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: With the purpose of finding out informative value of the ultrasound investigation designed to study the capsular and ligamentous apparatus of the knee joint in its instability during the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis and correlating clinical symptoms with ultrasonographic findings an examination was done of twenty joints of patients in early stages of rheumatoid arthritis presenting with clinical signs of anterior-medial instability. Sonography confirmed the presence of instability and permitted the qualitative assessment of its degree to be done. The method allows us to disclose relative incompetence of the anterior-medial sector of the knee joint in those patients presenting with early stages of rheumatoid arthritis, which is one of causes of instability, with the cruciate and lateral ligaments remaining uninjured. Ultrasonography makes it possible to perform a quantitative assessment of the degree of instability of the joint irrespective of the clinical test used and experience of the orthopedist.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Herasymenko
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Huzhevs'kyĭ
authors.forename: H Ia
authors.initials: HIa
authors.lastname: Vovchenko
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Babko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017746:Joint Capsule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013177:Sports; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data