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Ultrasonographic measurement of cartilage thickness in patients with leprosy

dc.contributor.authorKarabacak, Ercan
dc.contributor.authorTekin, Levent
dc.contributor.authorPolat Ekinci, Algün
dc.contributor.authorGüzelküçük, Ümüt
dc.contributor.authorÖzarmağan, Güzin
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-4056-8402
dc.contributor.researcheridAAY-7489-2020
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-05T06:31:50Z
dc.date.available2024-02-05T06:31:50Z
dc.date.issued2014-04-27
dc.description.abstractObjectives: This study aims to evaluate femoral cartilage thickness in leprosy patients by using ultrasound. Patients and methods: Twenty-one patients previously diagnosed with leprosy (11 males and 10 females), and age, sex and body mass index matched 21 controls were enrolled. Control subjects with a history of any other systemic inflammatory disease and/or knee trauma were excluded. All femoral cartilage evaluations were performed by the same physician who was experienced in musculoskeletal ultrasonography using a linear array probe. Measurements for 42 knees of 21 leprosy patients, and 42 knees of 21 healthy subjects were analyzed. Results: Although patients with leprosy had lower femoral cartilage values than those in the control group, the difference was not statistically significant. Conclusion: We assume that the non-significantly decreased femoral cartilage thickness in patients with leprosy may be explained by the relative immobilization and biomechanical changes arising from complications.
dc.identifier.citationKarabacak, E. vd. (2014). "Ultrasonographic measurement of cartilage thickness in patients with leprosy". Archives of Rheumatology, 29(4), 294-297.
dc.identifier.endpage297
dc.identifier.issn1309-0291
dc.identifier.issn2148-5046
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84940649387
dc.identifier.startpage294
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2014.4677
dc.identifier.urihttps://archivesofrheumatology.org/full-text/611
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11452/39490
dc.identifier.volume29
dc.identifier.wos000348283200008
dc.indexed.wosSCIE
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTurkish League Against Rheumatism
dc.relation.journalArchives of Rheumatology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectFemoral cartilage
dc.subjectUltrasonography
dc.subjectLeprosy
dc.subjectArticular-cartilage
dc.subjectImmobilization
dc.subjectComplications
dc.subjectManifestations
dc.subjectRheumatology
dc.subjectRheumatology
dc.subject.emtreeAdult
dc.subject.emtreeArticle
dc.subject.emtreeBody mass
dc.subject.emtreeClinical article
dc.subject.emtreeControlled study
dc.subject.emtreeEchography
dc.subject.emtreeFemale
dc.subject.emtreeFoot ulcer
dc.subject.emtreeHuman
dc.subject.emtreeKnee
dc.subject.emtreeKnee meniscus
dc.subject.emtreeLeprosy
dc.subject.emtreeMale
dc.subject.scopusLeprosy; Mycobacterium; Erythema Nodosum
dc.subject.wosRheumatology
dc.titleUltrasonographic measurement of cartilage thickness in patients with leprosy
dc.typeArticle
dc.wos.quartileQ4 (Rheumatology)
dspace.entity.typePublication
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local.indexed.atScopus

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