Total Serum Testosterone and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index Pain and Function Among Older Men and Women With Severe Knee Osteoarthritis.
Gregor FreystaetterKarina FischerEndel J OravAndreas EgliRobert TheilerThomas MünzerDavid T FelsonHeike Annette Bischoff-FerrariPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2020)
Higher total testosterone levels were associated with less pain in the operated knee in men and women undergoing TKR and less disability in women. At the nonoperated knee, higher testosterone levels were inconsistently associated with less pain and disability.
Keyphrases
- knee osteoarthritis
- chronic pain
- pain management
- neuropathic pain
- replacement therapy
- multiple sclerosis
- total knee arthroplasty
- early onset
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- rheumatoid arthritis
- spinal cord injury
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- middle aged
- pregnant women
- pregnancy outcomes
- drug induced
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- cervical cancer screening