ArticleArthritis care & research2020
Relation of Patellofemoral Joint Alignment, Morphology, and Radiographic Osteoarthritis to Frequent Anterior Knee Pain: Data from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study.
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- Usefulness of three-dimensional computed tomography for patellofemoral measurement.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Relation of MRI-Detected Features of Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis to Pain, Performance-Based Function, and Daily Walking: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study.ACR open rheumatology · 2022Article
- Medical Interventions for Patellofemoral Pain and Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Clinical findings in patellofemoral osteoarthritis compared to individually-matched controls: a pilot study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivePatellofemoral (PF) alignment and trochlear morphology are associated with PF osteoarthritis (OA) and knee pain, but whether they are associated with localized anterior knee pain is unknown, which is believed to be a symptom specific to PF joint pathology. We therefore aimed to evaluate the relation of PF alignment and morphology, as well as PFOA and tibiofemoral OA, to anterior knee pain.
methodsThe Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study is a cohort study of individuals with, or at risk for, knee OA. We evaluated cross-sectional associations of PF alignment, trochlear morphology, and PF and tibiofemoral radiographic OA, with localized anterior knee pain (defined with a pain map). We used 2 approaches: a within-person knee-matched evaluation of participants with unilateral anterior knee pain (conditional logistic regression), and a cohort approach comparing those with anterior knee pain to those without (binomial regression).
resultsWith the within-person knee-matched approach (n = 110; 64% women, mean age 70 years, body mass index [BMI] 30.9), PF alignment, morphology, and tibiofemoral OA were not associated with unilateral anterior knee pain. Radiographic PFOA was associated with pain, odds ratio 5.3 (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.6-18.3). Using the cohort approach (n = 1,818; 7% of knees with anterior knee pain, 59% women, mean age 68 years, BMI 30.4), results were similar: only PFOA was associated with pain, with a prevalence ratio of 2.2 (95% CI 1.4-3.4).
conclusionPF alignment and trochlear morphology were not associated with anterior knee pain in individuals with, or at risk for, knee OA. Radiographic PFOA, however, was associated with pain, suggesting that features of OA, more so than mechanical features, may contribute to localized symptoms.
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