Knee Osteoarthritis Revisited; But Only After Kl Grading Is Tested: A Retrospective Analysis

ABSTRACT

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) of knee is one of the major causes in musculoskeletal condition leading to func-tional loss in patients. Determining the progression of the disease is a useful tool which will help in planning of exer-cise programme to slow or halt the disease progression. Measuring the joint space width of the tibio-femoral joint is one of the best options for knowing the disease progression and helps in designing exercise programme. Aim:Retro-spective measurement of joint space width in patients with bilateral tibiofemoral osteoarthritis of knee joint. Method-ology Data was retrieved from the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) from 1stof February to 22ndof June 2018. Radiographs that were showing OA knee features by using Kellegren Lawrence (KL) grading system were considered and the joint space between the tibial and femoral compartment were measured. Result: The joint space width showed more reduction in the medial compartment of the joint as compared to the lateral compartment. Conclusion: In rural population of Maharashtra the medial joint space is markedly decreased as compared to the lat-eral compartment of the tibiofemoral joint and as the KL grade increases the joint space width decreased.