Does knee malalignment predispose to osteoarthritis? Comment on the articles by Brouwer et al and Hunter et al and the editorial by Sharma

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Paul Monach. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Nov.

. 2007 Nov;56(11):3872; author reply 3872.

doi: 10.1002/art.23031.

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The role of varus and valgus alignment in knee osteoarthritis.
Sharma L. Sharma L. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Apr;56(4):1044-7. doi: 10.1002/art.22514. Arthritis Rheum. 2007. PMID: 17393411 No abstract available.
Association between valgus and varus alignment and the development and progression of radiographic osteoarthritis of the knee.
Brouwer GM, van Tol AW, Bergink AP, Belo JN, Bernsen RM, Reijman M, Pols HA, Bierma-Zeinstra SM. Brouwer GM, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Apr;56(4):1204-11. doi: 10.1002/art.22515. Arthritis Rheum. 2007. PMID: 17393449
Knee alignment does not predict incident osteoarthritis: the Framingham osteoarthritis study.
Hunter DJ, Niu J, Felson DT, Harvey WF, Gross KD, McCree P, Aliabadi P, Sack B, Zhang Y. Hunter DJ, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Apr;56(4):1212-8. doi: 10.1002/art.22508. Arthritis Rheum. 2007. PMID: 17393450