Prevalence of Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis in Saudi Arabia

Al-Arfaj, Abdurhman S.; Al-Boukai, Ahmed A.

doi:10.1007/s10067-002-8273-8

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“…Previous study reported that approximately 60.9% female and 53.3% male adults aged 30–93 years had shown radiographic evidence of knee OA in the Middle East [4]. Another study reported the prevalence of knee OA in the Saudi Arabia was around 30.8% in the adult aged 46–55 years and 60.6% in the adult aged 66–75 years [5].…”

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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric analysis of the Arabic version of the oxford knee score in adult male with knee osteoarthritis

Alghadir

Al-Eisa

Anwer

2017

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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BackgroundThere are varieties of self-assessment questionnaire used for the evaluation of pain, functional disability, and health related quality of life in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The present study intended to adapt and translate the oxford knee score into the Arabic and investigated its psychometric properties in adult male with knee OA.MethodsNinety-seven adult male (mean age 57.55 ± 11.49 years) with knee OA participated. Patients were requested to complete the adapted Arabic version of the Oxford knee score (OKS-Ar), reduced “Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Index (WOMAC)”, and the Visual analogue scale (VAS). Patients were requested to complete 2nd form of OKS-Ar at least 1 week apart to assess the reproducibility of the score. The OKS was adapted and translated into Arabic by two independent Arabic native speakers (one rehabilitation professional having experience of knee OA patients and another one a trained translator) according to the international guidelines.ResultsAll the participants completed the 2nd form of OKS-Ar (Response rate 100%). Reliability and internal consistency was high with an ICC of 0.97, and the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.987, respectively. A significant relationship between the OKS-Ar and the WOMAC and VAS scores confirmed the construct validity (p < 0.001). The standard error of measurement (SEM) and the minimum detectable change (MDC) were 2.2 and 6.2, respectively.ConclusionsThe adapted Arabic version of the OKS demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties, including reliability, internal consistency, and the validity. The present study indicates that the OKS-Ar is a suitable questionnaire to measure pain and physical function in the Arabic speaking adult male patients with knee OA.

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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric analysis of the Arabic version of the oxford knee score in adult male with knee osteoarthritis

Alghadir

Al-Eisa

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2017

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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“…In Asian studies of symptomatic OA knee, radiological methods have often been inconsistent and unclear and the degree of abnormality in individual compartments has been difficult to ascertain. When specifically explored the patellofemoral joint (PFJ) was found to be significantly involved, as shown by Al‐Arfaz, who found PFJ in > 80% of patients with knee OA in Saudi Arabia 23 . However, he reported that medial tibiofemoral joint (MTFJ) abnormality predominated in the Saudi hospital; this was also reported from Kuwait, 18 but it is unclear if lateral or skyline views were taken.…”

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Clinical and radiological profile of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in Malaysia

Veerapen

Asokan

Rathakrishnan

2004

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

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Aims: To create a clinical and radiological profile of patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee in Malaysia. Methods: One hundred consecutive patients presenting with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis at a private rheumatology clinic were profiled for demographic and clinical features. Anteroposterior weight‐bearing, skyline and lateral knee X‐rays were taken. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used for data analysis. Results: Women predominated (93%). Fifty‐eight percent of the patients reported bilateral knee pain. Difficulty in walking, climbing and squatting was high (85%, 97% and 93% respectively). Patients with knee pain had a higher BMI than controls. Radiological abnormality, related to osteoarthritis was present in 97%. Osteophytes were generally tricompartmental while joint space narrowing was less evident in the lateral tibiofemoral joint than in the medial tibiofemoral joint and the patellofemoral joint. Almost half (49%) the patients manifested radiological varus deformity The severity of radiological abnormality increased with age. Although patients with unilateral pain had milder radiological abnormality, it tended to be bilateral. Clinically detectable hip abnormality and nodal osteoarthritis were uncommon, as was radiological chondrocalcinosis. Conclusions: Patients presenting with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis to a rheumatology service had a high degree of disability, radiological abnormality and varus deformity. Radiological abnormalities were essentially bilateral and tricompartmental.

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“…Many literatures mentioned medial compartment is more commonly involved than the lateral one and the pathogenesis may be different [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. In 2006, it was reported that in patients with medial compartment osteoarthritic knees, the prevalence of medial plica was significantly higher than that of others and that two distinct foci of cartilaginous lesion were found on the facing medial femoral condyle in almost all of the patients who had the structure of medial plica [8].…”

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