TY - JOUR T1 - Is tibiofemoral osteoarthritis in the knee joint a new disease? JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - 612 LP - 613 DO - 10.1136/ard.53.9.612 VL - 53 IS - 9 AU - J Rogers AU - P Dieppe Y1 - 1994/09/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/53/9/612.abstract N2 - OBJECTIVES--To compare the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip, tibiofemoral and patellofemoral joints in a skeletal population. METHODS--A total of 785 adult English skeletons (695 Saxon or Mediaeval origin) were examined for OA using established criteria. RESULTS--Twenty nine skeletons had hip OA, compared with 14 with patellofemoral joint OA, and only four tibiofemoral joint OA. CONCLUSION--Tibiofemoral OA was far less prevalent in ancient skeletons than hip or patellofemoral disease. Tibiofemoral OA may be a 'new' disease. ER -