Prevalence and characteristics of unilateral knee osteoarthritis in a community sample of elderly Japanese: do fractures around the knee affect the pathogenesis of unilateral knee osteoarthritis
Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 06/26/2012
Nishimura A et al. – The prevalences of definite radiographic bilateral and unilateral knee osteoarthritis (KOA) were 21.6 and 10.0 %, respectively. Overall, 49.2 % of the participants with unilateral KOA developed KOA in the contralateral knee over an average of 5.3 years. If bilateral KOA advanced simultaneously, the II–I group was considered to represent the midpoint of progression to bilateral KOA. Bilateral KOA advanced simultaneously except in cases with a history of knee trauma, such as fractures.



