Low back pain precedes the development of new knee pain in the elderly population; a novel predictive score from a longitudinal cohort study.

Hiromu ItoShinjiro TominariYasuharu TabaraTakeo NakayamaMoritoshi FuruTomotoshi KawataMasayuki AzukizawaKazuya SetohTakahisa KawaguchiFumihiko MatsudaShuichi Matsudanull null

Published in: Arthritis research & therapy (2019)

This study demonstrated a significant association between knee and low back pain/disability along with other risk factors. The score we developed can be used to identify a population without any imaging modality who are at high risk of developing knee pain.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
chronic pain
knee osteoarthritis

risk factors
anterior cruciate ligament
pain management

anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
neuropathic pain
high resolution

postoperative pain
community dwelling
fluorescence imaging