Clinical study regarding the incidence and severity of KOA in a certain area from South-Eastern Europe. Clinical study on 85 patients out 373 participants that were screened, chosen based on inclusion/exclusion criteria.~Aim of the clinical study: to determine the KOA grade through X-Ray studies, to perform nuclear magnetic resonance (NRM) analysis to assess the KOA severity. Data corroboration of the KOA degree with the results of the blood samples analysis, looking for the influence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) parameters - high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), total cholesterol, triglycerides, glycemia, and then the body mass index (BMI). In the meantime, there is intended to associate the environment of origin of the patients from the trial group with the KOA incidence and severity. To determine the level of significant parameters in the synovial liquid extracted from the patients presenting KOA, analysis of the degradation products present in the synovial fluid of patients with KOA, such as free radicals, like reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) and their influence on the severity of the pathology.
Clinical study regarding the incidence and severity of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in a certain area from South-Eastern Europe. Aim of the clinical study: to determine the KOA grade through X-Ray studies, to perform nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis to assess the KOA severity and to determine the level of significant parameters in the synovial liquid extracted from the patients presenting KOA.