X-ray - knee joints
Role
- Knee X-ray remains the standard first-line imaging test for knee pain, particularly for assessing osteoarthritis severity and alignment, though it has limited sensitivity for early cartilage, meniscal, or ligamentous pathology compared with MRI
- Extremely commonly imaged joint given the high prevalence of knee osteoarthritis and knee involvement in inflammatory arthritis
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