Bone Abstracts

Introduction: Meniscus plays an essential role in knee joint function providing stability and load transmission. In osteoarthritis (OA), a joint disease characterized by chronic synovitis and cartilage degeneration, pathological changes in the menisci are observed. However, whether menisci contribute to the progression of OA, the underlying mechanism for meniscus-cartilage communication is still unclear. In this study we analyzed systematically the response of meniscus and car...

Objectives: Bone, muscle and fat share common mesenchymal origins yet current methods separately examine lean, fat and/or bone content. We hypothesized specific musculoskeletal phenotypes derived from relative contributions of each tissue.Methods: Design: We obtained information from the 6-year follow-up of mother–offspring pairs within the Southampton Women’s Survey, a prospective population-based cohort study of 12 583 initially non-pregnant ...