Absence of a relationship between joint space narrowing and osteophyte formation in early knee osteoarthritis among Japanese community-dwelling elderly individuals: A cross-sectional study.

Daigo Komatsu Yukiharu HasegawaToshihisa KojimaTaisuke SekiYoshitoshi HiguchiNaoki Ishiguro

Published in: Modern rheumatology (2016)

OF correlates with mJSW below a cutoff value of about 3.5 mm in females. OA symptoms, namely physical function impairment and pain, increases significantly as mJSW decreases below the cutoff. .

Keyphrases

knee osteoarthritis
community dwelling
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
physical activity
sleep quality
risk factors
spinal cord