Natural course of knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged subjects with knee pain: 12-year follow-up using clinical and radiographic criteria
Natural course of knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged subjects with knee pain: 12-year follow-up using clinical and radiographic criteria
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DOI:
10.1136/ard.2008.095158
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发表时间:
2009-12-01
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
Petersson, I. F.
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作者:
Thorstensson, C. A.;Andersson, M. L. E.;Petersson, I. F.
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. Weightbearing 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 = 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.