ArticleRheumatology advances in practice2022
Pain descriptors and determinants of pain sensitivity in knee osteoarthritis: a community-based cross-sectional study.
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- A metaheuristic optimization-based approach for accurate prediction and classification of knee osteoarthritis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Analysis of the current status and factors influencing post-traumatic stress disorder in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Limited content overlap between commonly used self-report instruments for central (pain) sensitization in rheumatology.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2024Article
- Assessment of Pain in Osteoarthritis of the Knee.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Multiple Injections of Platelet-Rich Plasma Versus Hyaluronic Acid for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Current Evidence in Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
Objectives: The aim was to explore pain characteristics in individuals with knee OA (KOA), to compare pain sensitivity across individuals with KOA, individuals with chronic back pain (CBP) and pain-free individuals (NP) and to examine the relationship between clinical characteristics and pain sensitivity and between pain characteristics and pain sensitivity in KOA. Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional, community-based online survey. Two data sets were combined, consisting of Dutch individuals ≥40 years of age, who were experiencing chronic knee pain (KOA, Results: The quality of pain was most commonly described as aching, tender and tiring-exhausting. Overall, the KOA group had higher levels of pain sensitivity compared with the NP group, but lower levels than the CBP group. Univariately, pain intensity, its variability and spreading, global health, exercise and having co-morbidities were weakly related to pain sensitivity (standardized β: 0.12-0.27). Symptom duration was not related to pain sensitivity. Older age, higher levels of continuous pain, lower levels of global health, and exercise contributed uniquely, albeit modestly, to pain sensitivity ( Conclusion: Continuous pain, such as aching and tenderness, in combination with decreased physical activity might be indicative for a subgroup of individuals at risk for pain sensitivity and, ultimately, poor treatment outcomes.
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