Absence of pain in subjects with advanced radiographic knee osteoarthritis

BACKGROUND: To investigate the frequency of pain among subjects with advanced radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) defined as Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grade 4 and clinical features associated with pain.

METHODS: Subjects from the Hallym Aging Study (HAS), the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), and the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) were included. Participants were asked knee-specific questions regarding the presence of knee pain. Clinical characteristics associated with the presence of pain were evaluated with multivariable logistic regression analysis.

RESULTS: The study population consisted of 504, 10,152 and 4796 subjects from HAS, KNHANES, and OAI, respectively. KL grade 4 OA was identified in 9.3, 7.6, and 11.5% of subjects, while pain was absent in 23.5, 31.2, and 5.9% of subjects in KL grade 4 knee OA, respectively. After multivariable analysis, female gender showed a significant association with pain in the KNHANES group, while in the OAI group, younger age did. Advanced knee OA patients without pain did not differ from non-OA subjects in most items of SF-12 in both Korean and OAI subjects. Total WOMAC score was not significantly different between non-OA and advanced knee OA subjects without pain in the OAI.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed that a considerable number of subjects with KL grade 4 OA did not report pain. In patients whose pain arises from causes other than structural damage of the joint, therapeutic decision based on knee X-ray would lead to suboptimal result. In addition, treatment options focusing solely on cartilage engineering, should be viewed with caution.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

BMC musculoskeletal disorders - 21(2020), 1 vom: 29. Sept., Seite 640

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Son, Kyeong Min [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Jeong Im [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dong-Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Jang, Dae-Gyu [VerfasserIn]
Crema, Michel D [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyun Ah [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Knee
Osteoarthritis
Pain

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Date Completed 14.05.2021

Date Revised 14.05.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12891-020-03647-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31564186X