Epidemiology of hip and knee pain in a community based sample of Italian persons aged 65 and older

Abstract

In a community sample of an Italian persons aged 65+, the prevalence of KP almost doubled that of HP. While both conditions were related to pain in other joints and specific joint impairment, only HP was related to poor SRH, and only KP to mechanical overload.

May the Power Be With Us

“…Lower leg muscle power correlated with the presence of pain in the hip and knee [42]. Finally, pharmacotherapy may also influence muscle function.…”

Dor lombar crônica e dor nos membros inferiores em idosas: etiologia em revisão

“…Em uma amostra de italianos acima de 65 anos, a prevalência de dor no joelho foi quase o dobro da dor no quadril. Enquanto ambas as condições foram relacionadas à dor em outras articulações e específi co prejuízo articular (dor lombar, abdução de quadril reduzida, redução da força muscular e aumento da fl exibilidade do tronco), apenas dor no quadril foi relacionada à pobre autoavaliação de saúde e somente dor no joelho à sobrecarga mecânica (39). Isso pode estar relacionado à associação de dor na extremidade inferior em idosas e aumento da probabilidade de difi culdade para subir escadas, mas não difi culdade para caminhar (10, 37); 8) dor no joelho foi relacionada a alto índice de massa corporal, à dor no quadril e à dor no pé (37,39).…”

Disabling Hip Osteoarthritis and Cardiovascular Pathology: Presence and Impact

“…In addition, the presence of one or more comorbid health conditions [1], variations in disease presentation [3], gender [4,5], as well as prior injury or systemic factors, may impact the severity of osteoarthritis [5]. Because hip osteoarthritis, a leading cause of functional disability [4] related to poor-self related health [6] is often approached in a very uniform manner as far as conservative or surgical treatment approaches are concerned [7], even though its severity can vary widely [8], it was felt a better understanding of the disease and its clinical heterogeneity [7] would be useful in attempts to prevent excess disability and maximize intervention outcomes for the affected individual. In particular, because myocardial infarction due to ischemic heart disease has been shown to have the highest impact on self-reported health status across studies with a pooled OR of 3.9, followed by arthroses which has a medium impact according to Diedrichs et al [9] and vascular conditions such as venous ulcers, along with certain aneurysms [10] can co-occur with osteoarthritis [11] it was felt that if these or related cardiovascular conditions, which appear potentially important albeit often overlooked subsets in the expression of the disease could be identified, more targeted efforts to identify and target these factors in future studies might prove helpful.…”