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The joint line convergence angle (JLCA) correlates with intra‐articular arthritis

Ahmed Mabrouk, Jae‐Sung An, Loddo Glauco, Christophe Jacque, Kristian Kley, Akash Sharma, Matthieu Ollivier

Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy · 2023 · 27 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

The JLCA progressively increases with osteoarthritis progression in patients with unicompartmental varus knee osteoarthritis. The JLCA can potentially be used as a grading parameter for osteoarthritis progression akin to Ahlbäck and Kellgren-Lawrence grading systems.

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