Cartilage and knee osteoarthritis
Background: articular cartilage is an important avascular, alinphatic and aneural tissue in joints, it is mainly affected by degenerative disease. Objective: to update knowledge about normal, aging and degenerative articular cartilage. Methods: a three months research and analysis were conducted f...
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doaj-01bb898285fa4283bed9022c9a01a0a82020-11-25T03:51:28ZspaUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de CamagüeyArchivo Médico de Camagüey1025-02552019-11-012368018122105Cartilage and knee osteoarthritisAlejandro Alvarez-LópezRodrigo Fuentes-VéjarSergio Ricardo Soto-CarrascoTuan Nguyen-PhamYenima de la Caridad García-LorenzoBackground: articular cartilage is an important avascular, alinphatic and aneural tissue in joints, it is mainly affected by degenerative disease. Objective: to update knowledge about normal, aging and degenerative articular cartilage. Methods: a three months research and analysis were conducted from October 1st, 2018 to December 31th, 2018. Our review included 164 articles published in PubMed, Hinari, SciELO and Medline databases by using EndNote. The words used were cartilage AND osteoarthritis, cartilage AND knee osteoarthritis, cartilage. Fifty citations were selected, 48 of all them within the last five years, were used to write the present paper. Results: macro and microscopic features of articular cartilage were mentioned as well as its organization in zones and areas. Degenerative process was described at different levels, and in aging. Conclusions: articular cartilage is the most affected tissue in osteoarthritis. Cartilage is organized by zones and areas which are affected as degenerative disease progresses. The start point of osteoarthritis is enzymatic and gradually affects synovial tissue and sub-chondral bone. It is important to know the main differences between aging and degenerative cartilages. DeCS:CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS/enzymology; JOINT DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE.http://www.revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/6423cartílago articular cambios artrósicos gonartrosis |
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Alejandro Alvarez-López Rodrigo Fuentes-Véjar Sergio Ricardo Soto-Carrasco Tuan Nguyen-Pham Yenima de la Caridad García-Lorenzo Cartilage and knee osteoarthritis Archivo Médico de Camagüey cartílago articular cambios artrósicos gonartrosis |
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Alejandro Alvarez-López Rodrigo Fuentes-Véjar Sergio Ricardo Soto-Carrasco Tuan Nguyen-Pham Yenima de la Caridad García-Lorenzo |
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Cartilage and knee osteoarthritis |
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Cartilage and knee osteoarthritis |
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Cartilage and knee osteoarthritis |
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Cartilage and knee osteoarthritis |
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Cartilage and knee osteoarthritis |
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cartilage and knee osteoarthritis |
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Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey |
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Archivo Médico de Camagüey |
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Background: articular cartilage is an important avascular, alinphatic and aneural tissue in joints, it is mainly affected by degenerative disease.
Objective: to update knowledge about normal, aging and degenerative articular cartilage.
Methods: a three months research and analysis were conducted from October 1st, 2018 to December 31th, 2018. Our review included 164 articles published in PubMed, Hinari, SciELO and Medline databases by using EndNote. The words used were cartilage AND osteoarthritis, cartilage AND knee osteoarthritis, cartilage. Fifty citations were selected, 48 of all them within the last five years, were used to write the present paper.
Results: macro and microscopic features of articular cartilage were mentioned as well as its organization in zones and areas. Degenerative process was described at different levels, and in aging.
Conclusions: articular cartilage is the most affected tissue in osteoarthritis. Cartilage is organized by zones and areas which are affected as degenerative disease progresses. The start point of osteoarthritis is enzymatic and gradually affects synovial tissue and sub-chondral bone. It is important to know the main differences between aging and degenerative cartilages.
DeCS:CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS/enzymology; JOINT DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE. |
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cartílago articular cambios artrósicos gonartrosis |
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