Abstract

To examine the association between medial meniscal extrusion and structural progression in adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA). This prospective cohort study examined 176 participants with symptomatic knee OA recruited into a randomised controlled trial. The participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the study knee at baseline and approximately 2years later. Meniscal extrusion, tibial cartilage volume, and tibiofemoral bone marrow lesions (BMLs) were measured from MRI using validated methods. Participants with medial meniscal extrusion ≥ 3mm had a higher prevalence of lateral tibiofemoral BMLs at baseline (OR = 2.21, 95% CI 1.06-4.61, p = 0.035), and those with medial meniscal extrusion 2-3mm had a higher likelihood of lateral BML worsening over 2years (OR = 3.76, 95% CI 1.35-10.52, p = 0.011), compared with those with medial meniscal extrusion < 2mm. Participants with stable medial meniscal extrusion had a lower likelihood of lateral BML worsening compared with those with regression of medial meniscal extrusion over 2years (OR = 0.20, 95% CI 0.07-0.56, p = 0.002). There were no associations between medial meniscal extrusion and tibial cartilage volume or medial tibiofemoral BMLs. Our study showed associations between medial meniscal extrusion and baseline prevalence and worsening over 2years of lateral tibiofemoral BMLs in people with symptomatic knee OA. Although the reasons for the lack of associations in the medial compartment are not clear, our results suggest a role of medial meniscal extrusion in predicting structural progression in lateral knee OA and that meniscal extrusion might be a potential target in the management of knee OA.

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