Table 2

Fairbanks classification 26

Radiological signs
Grades

1. Spurring of the tibial spines
I no changes
2. Marginal osteophytes
II one symptom
3. Flattening of femur/tibia
III two or three changes
4. Narrowing of the joint space
IV all four changes

van der Hart et al. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2008 3:24   doi:10.1186/1749-799X-3-24

Open Data