Osteoarthritis.This is the “wear and tear” type of arthritis that breaks down the cartilage in the knee. It’s a top cause of knee pain after age 50. This condition causes the knee joint to ache or swell when you’re active. Joints affected by osteoarthritis can also be stiff early i...
Influence of knee pain and low back pain on the quality of life in adults older than 50 years of age. Pm R. 2015;7(9):955-961.Kim W, Jin YS, Lee CS, Bin SI, Lee SY, Choi KH6. Influence of Knee Pain and Low Back Pain on the Quality of Life in Adults Older Than 50 Years...
Influence of Knee Pain and Low Back Pain on the Quality of Life in Adults Older Than 50 Years of Age To investigate the impact of knee pain and low back pain (LBP) on quality of life (QoL) in people ≥50 years of age. Cross-sectional study. A nationwide survey. A total of 1295 ...
Demographics were collected by questionnaire and included age, gender, duration of symptoms and previous knee surgery. Height and weight were measured to calculate BMI. Knee pain location The PKPM was used to determine location of knee pain15. Participants marked all pain locations in their most sy...
Persistent knee pain in people over 50 years of age is often attributable to knee osteoarthritis (OA), a common joint condition that causes physical and psychological dysfunction. Exercise and pain coping skills training (PCST) can help reduce the impact of persistent knee pain, however, access ...
More than one-third of patients who have a knee replacement still have knee pain. Range of motion in the knee after the surgery is usually reduced significantly. Thankfully, a growing body of research is revealing new, cutting-edge approaches to knee arthritis, with many men and women finding...
(Table 2) The reduction in pain intensity as compared with baseline (week 0) was apparent at one week after the first dose (reduction of 9.9 ± 12.33 mm versus 7.55 ± 8.95 mm for sodium hyaluronate and placebo, respectively). However, the difference between groups became significant only ...
Knee pain was assessed by the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index questionnaire at baseline and 2.6 years later. Multivariable analyses were performed after adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, and other structural lesions.Results: The prevalence of effusion synovitis was...
After adjustment old age (1.06; 1.04-1.07), female sex (2.23; 1.69-2.96), general obesity (1.47; 1.01-2.13) and diabetes (1.65; 1.17-2.33) were identified correlates for knee pain in this urban population. Limitation: Results of this study are ...
From the 3040 participants in the ROAD study, the present study analyzed 2733 participants who completed the radiographic examinations and questionnaires regarding knee pain (975 men and 1758 women; mean age, 69.9 ± 11.2 years). Subjects with lateral knee OA were excluded. After adjustment for ag...