Better diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a clinical and economic imperative for our health system

École de Technologie Supérieure0 个研究点目标入组 515 人开始时间: 2015年5月27日最近更新: 2022年10月17日

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2020 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31573835 results (added 03/04/2020) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36199051/ Secondary analysis (added 06/10/2022)

•1. Aged 18 or over
•2. Suffering of OA of the knee as physician-diagnosed according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology: The patient has a radiographic knee X-ray confirming the presence of osteoarthritis II, III or IV according to the scale of Kellgren-Lawrence for at least one knee; and at least 1 of the 3 following signs: Age =40; Morning stiffness <30 minutes; Crepitus
•3. OA is the leading cause of pain
•4. Being able to walk on a treadmill (exclude problem of balance patient who limps, which uses cane or walker).
•5. Having experienced as pain worse in the last 7 days for at least one knee, a =4/10 pain intensity on a scale of 0-10, where 0 = 'no pain' and 10 being 'worst possible pain'
•6. Being able to read, understand and respond to questionnaires in French
•7. Agreeing to participate in the study and sign the consent form

•1. Suffer from secondary OA or inflammatory arthritis (according to Arden 'Best Practice & Research') or ochronosis, acromegaly, hemochromatosis, calcium pyrophosphate arthropathy (MPPC), Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, epiphyseal dysplasia, osteonecrosis/bone infarction, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis (Reiter's), gouty arthritis, SAPHO syndrome, Paget disease
•2. Have seen a specialist (orthopedist, a rheumatologist or specialist in musculoskeletal disorders) in the past for problems with the affected knee
•3. Suffer from active cancer (with or without pain)
•4. Fracture history or septic arthritis in the knee
•5. Pregnant or suspected to be

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