Evaluating the relationship of proximal femoral bone shape asymmetry with cartilage health and biomechanics in patients with hip OA

This current study evaluated the role of bone shape asymmetry with other biomarkers of hip OA such as T1rho/T2 relaxation time and gait biomechanics data. We observed similar relationship trend in higher bone asymmetry values in the AMS region correlates with lesser number of repetitions performed 30s chair rise test, validating the common understanding of performance. This is one of the first feasibility studies to be explored which conveys the potential of bone asymmetry to be considered as a strong biomarker for understanding hip OA