Subregional knee cartilage thinning or thickening is age-dependent and is associated with serum biomarkers in adolescent and mature volleyball athletes

Women Men Girls Boys BL COMP 12.6 3.9 13.1 4.3 11.6 4.5 16.5 5.1 Change COMP 0.2 2.57 0.67 4.87 -0.85 6.17 0.03 3.75 BL CILP 1.72 1.11 1.16 1.05 0.59 0.48 0.62 0.57 Change CILP 0.70 1.79 1.64 1.97 2.41 1.25 0.70 0.95 ThCTnS (mm) 0.40 0.17 0.52 0.42 -0.10 0.10 0.22 0.20 ThCTkS (mm) 0.15 0.17 0.12 0.10 0.47 0.21 0.67 0.74 ThCChS (mm) 0.55 0.11 0.65 0.37 0.57 0.21 0.89 0.61 Fig. 1. Hoffa-synovitts (MOAKS grade 3). Arrows encapsulate the enhancing lesions of various grades (AþB). A and B. Sagittal and axial knee gradient echo (GRE) T1-weighted (T1w) VIBE post-contrast MRI. C. Axial DCE-MRI GRE T1w VIBE sequence. Changes in signal intensity after Gadolinium injection are shown for the region of interest (ROI), the infrapatellar fat pad. Voxels are colour-coded for Initial rate of enhancement (IRE). Abstracts / Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 22 (2014) S57–S489 S243