W Wirth

Summary

Affiliation: Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research
Country: Austria

Publications

  1. ncbi Direct comparison of fixed flexion, radiography and MRI in knee osteoarthritis: responsiveness data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
    W Wirth
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21:117-25. 2013
  2. ncbi Revision 1 size and position of the healthy meniscus, and its correlation with sex, height, weight, and bone area- a cross-sectional study
    Katja Bloecker
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:248. 2011
  3. ncbi MRI-based extended ordered values more efficiently differentiate cartilage loss in knees with and without joint space narrowing than region-specific approaches using MRI or radiography--data from the OA initiative
    W Wirth
    Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:689-99. 2011
  4. ncbi Comparison of 1-year vs 2-year change in regional cartilage thickness in osteoarthritis results from 346 participants from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
    W Wirth
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:74-83. 2011
  5. ncbi Sensitivity to change of cartilage morphometry using coronal FLASH, sagittal DESS, and coronal MPR DESS protocols--comparative data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)
    W Wirth
    Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:547-54. 2010
  6. ncbi Regional analysis of femorotibial cartilage loss in a subsample from the Osteoarthritis Initiative progression subcohort
    W Wirth
    Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 17:291-7. 2009
  7. ncbi Presence, location, type and size of denuded areas of subchondral bone in the knee as a function of radiographic stage of OA - data from the OA initiative
    R B Frobell
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:668-76. 2010
  8. ncbi How do short-term rates of femorotibial cartilage change compare to long-term changes? Four year follow-up data from the osteoarthritis initiative
    F Eckstein
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 20:1250-7. 2012
  9. ncbi Effects of exercise intervention on knee morphology in middle-aged women: a longitudinal analysis using magnetic resonance imaging
    S Cotofana
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria sebastian cotofana pmu ac at
    Cells Tissues Organs 192:64-72. 2010
  10. ncbi Femorotibial cartilage morphology: reproducibility of different metrics and femoral regions, and sensitivity to change in disease
    M Hudelmaier
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Cells Tissues Organs 192:340-50. 2010

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Direct comparison of fixed flexion, radiography and MRI in knee osteoarthritis: responsiveness data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
    W Wirth
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21:117-25. 2013
    ..We directly compare the responsiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based cartilage thickness and JSW measures from fixed-flexion radiography (FFR) and explore the correlation of region-matched changes between both methods...
  2. ncbi Revision 1 size and position of the healthy meniscus, and its correlation with sex, height, weight, and bone area- a cross-sectional study
    Katja Bloecker
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:248. 2011
    ..Meniscus extrusion or hypertrophy may occur in knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, currently no data are available on the position and size of the meniscus in asymptomatic men and women with normal meniscus integrity...
  3. ncbi MRI-based extended ordered values more efficiently differentiate cartilage loss in knees with and without joint space narrowing than region-specific approaches using MRI or radiography--data from the OA initiative
    W Wirth
    Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:689-99. 2011
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  4. ncbi Comparison of 1-year vs 2-year change in regional cartilage thickness in osteoarthritis results from 346 participants from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
    W Wirth
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:74-83. 2011
    ..To compare femorotibial cartilage thickness changes over a 2- vs a 1-year observation period in knees with radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA)...
  5. ncbi Sensitivity to change of cartilage morphometry using coronal FLASH, sagittal DESS, and coronal MPR DESS protocols--comparative data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)
    W Wirth
    Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:547-54. 2010
    ..We therefore directly compared the sensitivity to cartilage thickness changes and the correlation of these protocols longitudinally...
  6. ncbi Regional analysis of femorotibial cartilage loss in a subsample from the Osteoarthritis Initiative progression subcohort
    W Wirth
    Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 17:291-7. 2009
    ..Here we analyze regional femorotibial (FT) cartilage thickness changes over 1 year using 3 Tesla MRI. Specifically, we tested whether changes in central subregions exceed those in the total cartilage plates...
  7. ncbi Presence, location, type and size of denuded areas of subchondral bone in the knee as a function of radiographic stage of OA - data from the OA initiative
    R B Frobell
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:668-76. 2010
    ..To assess the presence, location, type and size of denuded areas of subchondral bone (dAB) in the femorotibial joint, measured quantitatively with 3T MRI, in a large subset of OAI participants...
  8. ncbi How do short-term rates of femorotibial cartilage change compare to long-term changes? Four year follow-up data from the osteoarthritis initiative
    F Eckstein
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 20:1250-7. 2012
    ..To compare unbiased estimates of short- vs long-term cartilage loss in osteoarthritic knees...
  9. ncbi Effects of exercise intervention on knee morphology in middle-aged women: a longitudinal analysis using magnetic resonance imaging
    S Cotofana
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria sebastian cotofana pmu ac at
    Cells Tissues Organs 192:64-72. 2010
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  10. ncbi Femorotibial cartilage morphology: reproducibility of different metrics and femoral regions, and sensitivity to change in disease
    M Hudelmaier
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Cells Tissues Organs 192:340-50. 2010
    ..35). The long femoral cartilage ROI provided more reproducible measurements than the short one. VCtAB and ThCtAB.Me may be preferable metrics in longitudinal studies of articular cartilage adaptation or OA...
  11. ncbi Reference values and Z-scores for subregional femorotibial cartilage thickness--results from a large population-based sample (Framingham) and comparison with the non-exposed Osteoarthritis Initiative reference cohort
    F Eckstein
    Paracelsus Medical University and Chondrometrics GmbH, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:1275-83. 2010
    ..To establish sex-specific (subregional) reference values of cartilage thickness and potential maximal Z-scores in the femorotibial joint...
  12. ncbi One year change of knee cartilage morphology in the first release of participants from the Osteoarthritis Initiative progression subcohort: association with sex, body mass index, symptoms and radiographic osteoarthritis status
    F Eckstein
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, PMU, Salzburg, Austria
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:674-9. 2009
    ..Here cartilage loss using 3 Tesla (3 T) MRI is analysed over 1 year in a subset of the OAI, together with its association with various risk factors...
  13. ncbi Double echo steady state magnetic resonance imaging of knee articular cartilage at 3 Tesla: a pilot study for the Osteoarthritis Initiative
    F Eckstein
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Strubergasse 21, A5020 Salzburg, Austria
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:433-41. 2006
    ..Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) may provide valuable measures of cartilage morphology in osteoarthritis (OA) but has been confined to sequences with relatively long acquisition times at 1.5 Tesla (T)...
  14. ncbi Tibial coverage, meniscus position, size and damage in knees discordant for joint space narrowing - data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
    K Bloecker
    Institute for Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21:419-27. 2013
    ..We therefore compared quantitative and semi-quantitative measures of meniscus position and morphology in individuals with bilateral painful knees discordant on medial joint space narrowing (mJSN)...
  15. ncbi Side differences of thigh muscle cross-sectional areas and maximal isometric muscle force in bilateral knees with the same radiographic disease stage, but unilateral frequent pain - data from the osteoarthritis initiative
    M Sattler
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 20:532-40. 2012
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  16. ncbi Magnitude and regional distribution of cartilage loss associated with grades of joint space narrowing in radiographic osteoarthritis--data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)
    F Eckstein
    Institute of Anatomy, PMU Salzburg, Austria
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:760-8. 2010
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  17. ncbi Baseline and longitudinal change in isometric muscle strength prior to radiographic progression in osteoarthritic and pre-osteoarthritic knees - data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
    F Eckstein
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany Electronic address
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21:682-90. 2013
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  18. ncbi Morphometric differences between the medial and lateral meniscus in healthy men - a three-dimensional analysis using magnetic resonance imaging
    K Bloecker
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
    Cells Tissues Organs 195:353-64. 2012
    ..001) than the medial one. Also, the LM displayed less (physiological) extrusion than the medial one. These data may guide strategies for meniscal tissue engineering and transplantation aiming to restore normal joint conditions...
  19. ncbi Correlation between single-slice muscle anatomical cross-sectional area and muscle volume in thigh extensors, flexors and adductors of perimenopausal women
    S Cotofana
    Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Strubergasse 21, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
    Eur J Appl Physiol 110:91-7. 2010
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