Assessment Of Knee Joint Pathologies On Mri Among Different Age Groups

Abstract

Background: Among body joints, the most complex and most intricate is knee joint essential for enabling movement and sustaining body weight. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a modality that is non- intrusive approach for the diagnosis of knee abnormalities.

Objective: To assess and evaluate the prevalence of the knee joint pathologies on MRI among different age groups.

Material and Methods: Convenient sampling was used to gather data of 87 patients with a history of chronic knee pain. Data was collected prospectively from multicenters in Lahore and analyzed using SPSS version 23. Knee pathologies frequencies were assessed across three age groups, from 19 to 80 years old comprising 55 (63.2%) patients in 19-40, 26 (29.9%) in 41-60 and only 6 (6.9%) in 61-80 age group.

Results: Among total of 87 patients undergoing knee MRI, Gender distribution showed 67 males (77.01%) with highest frequency in 19-40 age group (87.3%) and 20 females (22.99%) with highest frequency 38.5% in 41-60 age group. 39 patients had an ACL tear with highest frequency of 49.1% in 19–40 age group. 3 patients suffered from MCL tear with highest frequency of 3.6% in 19-40 age group, 5 patients had PCL tear with highest frequency 5.5% in 19-40, 4 patients had LCL tears with highest frequency 7.7% in 41-60 age group. Joint effusion highest frequency was 61.9% in 19-40 age group.

Conclusion: MRI can be brought into play as a screening tool for affected individuals with persistent knee pain symptoms who are anxious to resume their usual lifestyle, therefore prompt diagnosis of their condition based on their age will shorten the recovery period. They can also choose therapeutic techniques through MRI screening.