Changes in clinical examination findings and the size and nature of change in MR variables after intra-articular glucocorticoid injection
| Patient | 3-150Knee examination findings (pre-treatment : post-treatment) | Size (%) and nature (±) of change in MR variables after knee injection | |||||||
| Effusion | Synovial lining thickening | Time to maximum synovial lining signal ratio | Maximum synovial lining signal ratio | Total synovial lining volume | Single slice synovial lining volume | ||||
| 1 | + | + | + | + | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | + | − | + | + | −83% | +47% | −18% | −8% | |
| 6 | + | + | − | − | — | — | −6% | −24% | |
| 7 | + | − | + | + | −43% | +11% | +1% | −46% | |
| 8 | + | − | + | − | +1730% | −27% | −62% | −70% | |
| 9 | + | + | + | + | — | — | −12% | −18% | |
| 12 | + | − | + | − | — | — | −41% | −19% | |
| 13 | + | + | + | + | +22% | 0% | −15% | −15% | |
| 14 | + | + | + | + | +4% | +4% | +1% | +47% | |
| 15 | + | + | + | − | +414% | −43% | −55% | −41% | |
| 16 | + | − | + | − | — | — | −56% | −45% | |
| 17 | + | + | + | + | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | + | − | + | − | — | — | −93% | −85% | |
↵3-150 Post-treatment assessment completed at time of second MR study between 11 and 16 weeks (mean (SD) 14 (1.4)) after glucocorticoid knee injection.