Management Considerations for Unicompartmental Osteoarthritis in Athletic Populations: A Review of the Literature

Abstract Unicompartmental osteoarthritis in the young athlete poses a challenge for both patients and providers. Coronal plane malalignment is frequently a concomitant finding that adds to the complexity of management. Military surgeons are presented unique challenges, in that they must consider optimal joint-preservation methods while returning patients to a high-demand occupational function. Management options range from lifestyle changes to surgical interventions. We present a concise review of the available literature on this subject, with a specific focus on indications and outcomes within the military and young athletic population.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  The journal of knee surgery

• Publication date

  2021-10-31

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1055/s-0042-1750750PMID 35798349
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Are Psychosocial Factors Determinant in the Pain and Social Participation of Patients with Early Knee Osteoarthritis? A Cross-Sectional Study

  2021cited by this paper
• Outcomes at 20 years after meniscectomy in young patients.

  2021cited by this paper
• Procedural Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Review of Current Injectable Therapies

  2020influential reference
• Medial Closing-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy

  2020cited by this paper
• The effect of a knee brace in dynamic motion—An instrumented gait analysis

  2020cited by this paper
• Good long-term survival and patient-reported outcomes after high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis

  2020cited by this paper
• Return to Sport Following High Tibial Osteotomy With Concomitant Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation

  2020influential reference
• 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee

  2020cited by this paper
• Can an OA Knee Brace Effectively Offload the Medial Condyle? An In Vivo Fluoroscopic Study.

  2020cited by this paper
• Prior Knee Arthroscopy Is Associated With Increased Risk of Revision After Total Knee Arthroplasty.

  2019cited by this paper
• Medial closing wedge high tibial osteotomy for valgus tibial deformities: good clinical results and survival with a mean 4.5 years of follow-up in 113 patients

  2019cited by this paper
• Experience of living with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review of qualitative studies

  2019cited by this paper
• Return to Work and Sport After Proximal Tibial Osteotomy and the Effects of Opening Versus Closing Wedge Techniques on Adverse Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

  2019cited by this paper
• Distal femoral osteotomy in a young symptomatic population: Outcomes correlate to concomitant pathology.

  2019cited by this paper
• Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation and Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy for Patellofemoral Chondral Defects: Improved Pain Relief and Occupational Outcomes Among US Army Servicemembers

  2018cited by this paper
• Disease-modifying effects of COX-2 selective inhibitors and non-selective NSAIDs in osteoarthritis: a systematic review.

  2018cited by this paper
• 第７回　The Forty-five-Degree Posteroanterior Flexion Weight-Bearing Radiograph of the Knee

  2018cited by this paper
• Distal Femoral Varus Osteotomy for Valgus Arthritis of the Knees: Systematic Review of Open versus Closed Wedge Osteotomy

  2018cited by this paper
• Intra-articular treatment options for knee osteoarthritis

  2018cited by this paper
• Classifications in Brief: Outerbridge Classification of Chondral Lesions

  2018cited by this paper
• Pharmacological treatment of knee osteoarthritis: Special considerations of the new German guideline

  2018cited by this paper
• Return to Sports After Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy for Patellofemoral Pain and Osteoarthritis.

  2017cited by this paper
• Hyaluronic Acid Versus Platelet-Rich Plasma: A Prospective, Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Clinical Outcomes and Effects on Intra-articular Biology for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

  2017cited by this paper
• Predictors and Outcomes of Crossover to Surgery from Physical Therapy for Meniscal Tear and Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Trial Comparing Physical Therapy and Surgery.

  2016cited by this paper
• The Effect of Knee Braces on Quadriceps Strength and Inhibition in Subjects With Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis.

  2016cited by this paper
• Lateral Wedge Insoles for Reducing Biomechanical Risk Factors for Medial Knee Osteoarthritis Progression: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

  2016cited by this paper
• Return to Work and Sport Following High Tibial Osteotomy: A Systematic Review.

  2016influential reference
• Predictors of the Clinical Outcome After Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for Acute Trauma-Related Symptomatic Medial Meniscal Tear in Patients More Than 60 Years of Age.

  2016cited by this paper
• Failures and Reoperations After Matrix-Assisted Cartilage Repair of the Knee: A Systematic Review.

  2016cited by this paper
• Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy for Patellar Chondral Pathology in an Active United States Military Population.

  2016cited by this paper
• Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy: Indication and Techniques

  2015cited by this paper
• Effectiveness and safety of Glucosamine, chondroitin, the two in combination, or celecoxib in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee

  2015cited by this paper
• Radiographic assessment of leg alignment and grading of knee osteoarthritis: A critical review

  2015cited by this paper
• Is Local Viscosupplementation Injection Clinically Superior to Other Therapies in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Systematic Review of Overlapping Meta-analyses.

  2015cited by this paper
• Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation and Anteromedialization for Isolated Patellar Articular Cartilage Lesions

  2014cited by this paper
• Clinical Imaging Assessments of Knee Osteoarthritis in the Elderly: A Mini-Review

  2014cited by this paper
• Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy for Medial Compartment Overload/Arthritis in the Varus Knee

  2014cited by this paper
• Osteoarthritis in Young, Active, and Athletic Individuals

  2014cited by this paper
• Success of High Tibial Osteotomy in the United States Military

  2014cited by this paper
• Glucosamine and chondroitin for knee osteoarthritis: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating single and combination regimens

  2014cited by this paper
• Osteoarthritis, obesity and weight loss: evidence, hypotheses and horizons – a scoping review

  2014cited by this paper
• Comparison of closing-wedge and opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized controlled trial with a six-year follow-up.

  2014cited by this paper
• Intra-articular Injections of Hyaluronic Acid and Other Drugs in the Knee Joint

  2013cited by this paper
• Surgical Restoration/Repair of Articular Cartilage Injuries in Athletes

  2013cited by this paper
• Current interventions in the management of knee osteoarthritis

  2013cited by this paper
• Surgery versus physical therapy for a meniscal tear and osteoarthritis.

  2013cited by this paper
• Assistive walking device use and knee osteoarthritis: results from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study (Health ABC Study).

  2013cited by this paper
• Bracing and Orthoses: A Review of Efficacy and Mechanical Effects for Tibiofemoral Osteoarthritis

  2012influential reference
• Contralateral cane use and knee joint load in people with medial knee osteoarthritis: the effect of varying body weight support.

  2011cited by this paper
• Patellar Maltracking Correlates With Vastus Medialis Activation Delay in Patellofemoral Pain Patients

  2011cited by this paper
• Incidence of physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis among active duty United States military service members.

  2011cited by this paper
• Hip muscle weakness in individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis

  2010cited by this paper
• Prevalence of chondral defects in athletes' knees: a systematic review.

  2010cited by this paper
• Distal femoral varus osteotomy outcome: Is associated femoropatellar osteoarthritis consequential?

  2010cited by this paper
• Osteotomy About the Knee – Applications, Techniques, and Results

  2010cited by this paper
• Early full weight bearing is safe in open-wedge high tibial osteotomy

  2010cited by this paper
• Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy with early full weight bearing.

  2009cited by this paper
• Osteotomies around the knee: patient selection, stability of fixation and bone healing in high tibial osteotomies.

  2008cited by this paper
• Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States. Part II.

  2008cited by this paper
• Articular Cartilage Biomechanics

  2008cited by this paper
• A randomized trial of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee.

  2008cited by this paper
• Long-term follow-up of distal femoral varus osteotomy of the knee.

  2007cited by this paper
• Frontal plane knee alignment: a call for standardized measurement.

  2007cited by this paper
• Arthroscopic or conservative treatment of degenerative medial meniscal tears: a prospective randomised trial

  2007cited by this paper
• Osteoarthritis

  2006cited by this paper
• Distal femoral varus osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee. Surgical technique.

  2006cited by this paper
• Trochlear Contact Pressures after Anteromedialization of the Tibial Tubercle

  2005cited by this paper
• A comparative assessment of alignment angle of the knee by radiographic and physical examination methods.

  2005cited by this paper
• Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of knee osteoarthritis progression over two years and correlation with clinical symptoms and radiologic changes.

  2004cited by this paper
• A controlled trial of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee.

  2002cited by this paper
• Radiographic assessment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in the community: definitions and normal joint space

  1998cited by this paper
• The effects of a physical training program on patients with osteoarthritis of the knees.

  1998cited by this paper
• Instructional Course Lectures, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Articular Cartilage. Part I: Tissue Design and Chondrocyte-Matrix Interactions*†

  1997cited by this paper
• Determination of knee joint cartilage thickness using three‐dimensional magnetic resonance chondro‐crassometry (3D MR‐CCM)

  1996cited by this paper
• The forty-five-degree posteroanterior flexion weight-bearing radiograph of the knee.

  1988cited by this paper
• High tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee with valgus deformity.

  1973cited by this paper

• No citing papers are available for this paper.