“Our results indicated highly promising applications of the method,” Mr. Tiulpin suggested.
These findings are “very interesting,” commented one of the moderators of the session, Erwin van Spil, MD, of University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands) as he opened up the floor to questions.
“I’ve had this question for years … what causes the clicks?” one delegate asked Mr. Tiulpin during discussion. He responded that it could be down to many things, one of which is cartilage components grinding against each other.
Dr. Spil, who was not involved in the study, commented in an interview that using acoustics in the detection of knee OA was still quite a novel concept. “It’s noninvasive, which is quite unique in our general approach, and it might enable an early diagnosis of OA, which is what we are aiming for.”