Reliability of a new scoring system for intraarticular mineralization of the knee: Boston University Calcium Knee Score (BUCKS)
In: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Jg. 28 (2020-06-01), Heft 6
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BackgroundThe role of intra-articular mineralization in osteoarthritis (OA) is unclear. Its understanding may potentially advance our knowledge of knee OA pathogenesis. We describe and assess the reliability of a novel computed tomography (CT) scoring system, the Boston University Calcium Knee Score (BUCKS) for evaluating intra-articular mineralization.MethodsWe included subjects from the most recent study visit of the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) Study, a NIH-funded longitudinal cohort of community-dwelling older adults with or at risk of knee OA. All subjects underwent CT of bilateral knees. Each knee was scored at 28 scored locations (14 for cartilage, 6 for menisci, 6 for ligaments, 1 for joint capsule, and 1 popliteal-tibial vessels). A single musculoskeletal radiologist scored cartilage and meniscus subregions, as well as vascular calcifications assigning to each a score ranging from 0 to 3. The joint capsule, medial and lateral posterior meniscal roots, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)/posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and 2 collateral ligaments [medial collateral ligament (MCL)/lateral collateral ligament (LCL)] were each scored 0 or 1 for absence or presence of mineralization. To assess reliability, 31 subject CTs were reread 12 weeks later by the same reader and by a second reader and agreement was evaluated using a weighted kappa.ResultsThe intra-reader reliability ranged from 0.92 for ligaments to 1.0 for joint capsule. The inter-reader reliability ranged from 0.94 for cartilage and ligaments, to 1.0 for joint capsule.ConclusionBUCKS demonstrated excellent reliability and is a potentially useful CT-based tool for studying the role of calcium crystals in knee OA.
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Reliability of a new scoring system for intraarticular mineralization of the knee: Boston University Calcium Knee Score (BUCKS)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Guermazi, A ; Jarraya, M ; Lynch, JA ; Felson, DT ; Clancy, M ; Nevitt, M ; Lewis, CE ; Torner, J ; Neogi, T |
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Zeitschrift: | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Jg. 28 (2020-06-01), Heft 6 |
Veröffentlichung: | eScholarship, University of California, 2020 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | 802 - 810 |
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