scholarly journals Pilot study of the effects of a heat-retaining knee sleeve on joint pain, stiffness, and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis

2004 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 716-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. Mazzuca ◽  
Mark C. Page ◽  
Russell D. Meldrum ◽  
Kenneth D. Brandt ◽  
Satham Petty-Saphon
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Joint Pain ◽  
And Function

Comparing the association of widespread pain, multi-joint pain and low back pain with measures of pain sensitization and function in people with knee osteoarthritis

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 873-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Guérard ◽  
Samuel Dufort ◽  
Laurence Forget Besnard ◽  
Alexis Gougeon ◽  
Lisa Carlesso
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Joint Pain ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Widespread Pain ◽  
Pain Sensitization ◽  
And Function

scholarly journals Influence of various laser therapy methods on knee joint pain and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamila Gworys ◽  
Jowita Gasztych ◽  
Anna Puzder ◽  
Przemysław Gworys ◽  
Jolanta Kujawa
Keyword(s):  
Knee Joint ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Laser Therapy ◽  
Joint Pain ◽  
And Function

scholarly journals The use of cellular matrix in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abir Aly Abbassy ◽  
Suad Trebinjac ◽  
Nehad Kotb
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Knee Joints ◽  
Active Components ◽  
Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Symptomatic Knee ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
And Function ◽  
Cellular Matrix

Knee osteoarthritis is a degenerative "wear and tear" disorder affecting mainly population over 50 years old. It can also present in younger people, especially after an injury or as a part of other diseases. While many therapeutic options exist for knee osteoarthritis, none of them has the potential to cure this condition. Cellular Matrix represents a combination of natural non-crosslinked hyaluronic acid (HA), thixotropic cell separation gel, and sodium citrate anticoagulant solution. A combination of Cellular Matrix with autologous platelet-rich plasma (A-PRP) is a novel therapeutic approach to the management of knee osteoarthritis. It is assumed that the active components HA and PRP have a synergistic effect contributing to a better therapeutic outcome in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Physiotherapy could provide an additional benefit. This is a retrospective pilot study assessing the potential benefit of Cellular Matrix and A-PRP combined with physiotherapy in the management of chronic knee osteoarthritis. Twenty-five patients were enrolled in the study and injected with three doses of Cellular Matrix combined with A-PRP with a time span of 2 weeks between each injection. All patients received standardized physiotherapy. The results showed that 68% of patients achieved more than 50% improvement in pain, stiffness, and function of the knee joints. There were no adverse reactions. This retrospective pilot study confirmed the positive effect of PRP and HA combination in the management of mild and moderate knee osteoarthritis. These preliminary results need to be verified in randomized control trials.

Genicular Artery Embolization to Improve Pain and Function in Early-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis—24-Month Pilot Study Results

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 1453-1458
Author(s):  
Steve Landers ◽  
Rachael Hely ◽  
Richard Page ◽  
Nick Maister ◽  
Andrew Hely ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Artery Embolization ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Genicular Artery ◽  
And Function

scholarly journals AB0602 IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS ON PAIN AND FUNCTION IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1337.2-1337
Author(s):  
T. W. Swinnen ◽  
M. Willems ◽  
I. Jonkers ◽  
F. P. Luyten ◽  
J. Vanrenterghem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Intervention Effects ◽  
Socioeconomic Outcomes ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Impact

Background:The personal and societal burden of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) urges the research community to identify factors that predict its onset and progression. A mechanistic understanding of disease is currently lacking but needed to develop targeted interventions. Traditionally, risk factors for KOA are termed ‘local’ to the joint or ‘systemic’ referring to whole-body systems. There are however clear indications in the scientific literature that contextual factors such as socioeconomic position merit further scientific scrutiny, in order to justify a more biopsychosocial view on risk factors in KOA.Objectives:The aims of this systematic literature review were to assess the inclusion of socioeconomic factors in KOA research and to identify the impact of socioeconomic factors on pain and function in KOA.Methods:Major bibliographic databases, namely Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science and Cochrane, were independently screened by two reviewers (plus one to resolve conflicts) to identify research articles dealing with socioeconomic factors in the KOA population without arthroplasty. Included studies had to quantify the relationship between socioeconomic factors and pain or function. Main exclusion criteria were: a qualitative design, subject age below 16 years and articles not written in English or Dutch. Methodological quality was assessed via the Cochrane risk of bias tools for randomized (ROB-II) and non-randomized intervention studies (ROBIN-I) and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for assessing the quality of non-randomised studies. Due to heterogeneity of studies with respect to outcomes assessed and analyses performed, no meta-analysis was performed.Results:Following de-duplication, 7639 articles were available for screening (120 conflicts resolved without a third reader). In 4112 articles, the KOA population was confirmed. 1906 (25%) were excluded because of knee arthroplasty and 1621 (21%) because of other issues related to the population definition. Socioeconomic factors could not be identified in 4058 (53%) papers and were adjusted for in 211 (3%) articles. In the remaining papers covering pain (n=110) and/or function (n=81), education (62%) and race (37%) were most frequently assessed as socioeconomic factors. A huge variety of mainly dichotomous or ordinal socioeconomic outcomes was found without further methodological justification nor sensitivity analysis to unravel the impact of selected categories. Although the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) was the most popular instrument to assess pain and function, data pooling was not possible as socioeconomic factors estimates were part of multilevel models in most studies. Overall results showed that lower education and African American race were consistent predictors of pain and poor function, but those effects diminished or disappeared when psychological aspects (e.g. discrimination) or poverty estimates were taken into account. When function was assessed using self-reported outcomes, the impact of socioeconomic factors was more clear versus performance-based instruments. Quality of research was low to moderate and the moderating or mediating impact of socioeconomic factors on intervention effects in KOA is understudied.Conclusion:Research on contextual socioeconomic factors in KOA is insufficiently addressed and their assessment is highly variable methodologically. Following this systematic literature review, we can highlight the importance of implementing a standardised and feasible set of socioeconomic outcomes in KOA trials1, as well as the importance of public availability of research databases including these factors. Future research should prioritise the underlying mechanisms in the effect of especially education and race on pain and function and assess its impact on intervention effects to fuel novel (non-)pharmacological approaches in KOA.References:[1]Smith TO et al. The OMERACT-OARSI Core Domain Set for Measurement in Clinical Trials of Hip and/or Knee Osteoarthritis J Rheumatol 2019. 46:981–9.Disclosure of Interests:None declared.

scholarly journals Difference in patient-reported outcomes of various patellar component designs in total knee arthroplasty: A randomized clinical study

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 230949902199606
Author(s):  
Takeshi Mochizuki ◽  
Koichiro Yano ◽  
Katsunori Ikari ◽  
Ken Okazaki
Keyword(s):  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Clinical Effects ◽  
Patellar Component ◽  
American College Of Rheumatology ◽  
Randomized Clinical Study ◽  
Component Design ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Total Knee ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Function

Purpose: This study investigated the clinical effects of different patellar components without being affected by the femoral component design in total knee arthritis (TKA) for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: In total, 48 patients with OA who met the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology for OA were enrolled and randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to two groups according to the usage of patellar component design for TKA (medialized dome type [dome group] or medialized anatomic type [anatomic group]). To evaluate the clinical outcomes for TKA, knee range of motion (ROM), pain intensity of 0–100 mm visual analog scale (pain VAS), and the Japanese Knee Osteoarthritis Measure (JKOM) score were obtained at baseline and year 1. Results: The difference in knee ROM, pain VAS, or total JKOM score at year 1 was not significant between the dome and anatomic groups ( p = 0.398, 0.733 and 0.536, respectively). Moreover, similar results were obtained for changes in knee ROM, pain VAS, or total JKOM scores from baseline. In both groups, the pain VAS and total JKOM scores were significantly improved at year 1. Conclusion: Both dome and anatomic groups in TKA are significantly effective for pain and function using the JKOM score. However, their efficacy did not differ, according to the JKOM score. Results of this study are rare information focusing on the patellar component design and provide one of the insights into the TKA clinical management.

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