ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2016
Preoperative pain catastrophizing and postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective cohort study with one year follow-up.
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- Are preoperative psychological factors associated with chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.EFORT open reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Methods for Individual Prediction of Postoperative Pain.Pain research & management · 2025Pooled it
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- Evaluation of Neuropathic Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Do Yellow Flags Matter?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Rotator cuff outcomes and mental health indices: Correlation or causation?Shoulder & elbow · 2023Article
- The impact of psychological factors on outcome after salvage surgery for wrist osteoarthritis.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2022Article
- Pain catastrophizing and associated factors in preoperative total knee arthroplasty in Lanzhou, China: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
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- The association between sleep quality, preoperative risk factors for chronic postoperative pain and postoperative pain intensity 12 months after knee and hip arthroplasty.British journal of pain · 2021Article
- During capsaicin-induced central sensitization, brush allodynia is associated with baseline warmth sensitivity, whereas mechanical hyperalgesia is associated with painful mechanical sensibility, anxiety and somatization.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2021Article
- Temporal Association of Pain Catastrophizing and Pain Severity Across the Perioperative Period: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis After Total Knee Arthroplasty.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2021Observational
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Abstract
backgroundPain relief is likely to be the most important long-term outcome for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, research indicates that persistent pain (> 3 months) is a considerable problem, affecting up to 34 % of patients. Pain catastrophizing might contribute to acute and persistent pain experienced after surgery. The primary aim of the present study was to examine the association between preoperative pain catastrophizing and postoperative pain in patients undergoing TKA up to one year after surgery. Second, we wanted to investigate a possible shift in postoperative catastrophizing.
methodsIn this prospective cohort study, 71 TKA patients were included consecutively between January and June 2013. Pain was assessed with the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) and the item "average pain" was used as the main outcome. Pain catastrophizing was measured by the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). Questionnaires were completed prior to surgery (baseline) and at two days, two weeks, eight weeks and one year postoperatively.
resultsMean (SD) preoperative pain score was 5.4 (2.2), reduced to 2.9 (2.3) after eight weeks and 2.4 (2.4) after one year (p < 0.001). The overall median preoperative PCS score was 17.0 (7.8-28.3). The overall model estimated PCS mean score was 7.6 at eight weeks and 6.5 at one year follow-up. The results at eight weeks and one year follow-up were both significantly lower than the preoperative value (p < 0.001). The preoperative PCS score was not associated with the postoperative pain score (p = 0.942), while preoperative pain was a significant covariate in the mixed linear model (p < 0.001).
conclusionsNo associations were found between preoperative pain catastrophizing and pain eight weeks or one year after surgery. The decrease in PCS-scores challenges evidence regarding the stability of pain catastrophizing. However, larger studies of psychological risk factors for pain after TKA are warranted.
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