Natural course of knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged subjects with knee pain : 12-year follow-up using clinical and radiographic criteria

OBJECTIVE: To explore the natural course of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a middle-aged population with chronic knee pain.

METHODS: A population-based sample of 143 subjects (mean age 45 (range 35-54), 44% women) with knee pain (>3 months) at inclusion was studied. Weight-bearing posteroanterior tibiofemoral (TF) radiographs were obtained at baseline and 12 years later, and classified according to Kellgren/Lawrence (K/L). Patellofemoral (PF) OA was determined at 5- and 12-years' follow-up using a skyline view and a cut-off point of <5 mm joint space width. The ACR clinical criteria were used at baseline.

RESULTS: Seventy-six (53%) had no TF OA (K/L 0) at baseline, but 49 had clinical OA. Overall, 65/76 (86%) developed incident TF OA over 12 years (K/L >or=1): 44/49 (90%) of the subjects with clinical OA and 21/27 (78%) without clinical OA. Progression was found in 65/67 (97%) with TF OA at baseline. Of the 84 with no PF OA at the 5-year examination, 26 (31%) developed PF OA over 7 years.

CONCLUSION: A majority of the subjects with chronic knee pain developed knee OA over 12 years. It is concluded that knee pain is often the first sign of knee OA.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 68(2009), 12 vom: 30. Dez., Seite 1890-3

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thorstensson, C A [VerfasserIn]
Andersson, M L E [VerfasserIn]
Jönsson, H [VerfasserIn]
Saxne, T [VerfasserIn]
Petersson, I F [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 31.12.2009

Date Revised 21.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/ard.2008.095158

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM184919444