"Osteoarthritis, Knee" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the knee joint consisting of three large categories: conditions that block normal synchronous movement, conditions that produce abnormal pathways of motion, and conditions that cause stress concentration resulting in changes to articular cartilage. (Crenshaw, Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, 8th ed, p2019)
| Descriptor ID |
D020370
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.550.114.606.500 C05.799.613.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteoarthritis, Knee- Osteoarthritis, Knee
- Knee Osteoarthritides
- Knee Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritides, Knee
- Osteoarthritis Of Knee
- Knee, Osteoarthritis Of
- Knees, Osteoarthritis Of
- Osteoarthritis Of Knees
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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