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. 2014 Dec;95(12):2376-81.
doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.07.414. Epub 2014 Aug 22.

Sex differences in patients with different stages of knee osteoarthritis

David S Logerstedt  1 , Joseph Zeni Jr  2 , Lynn Snyder-Mackler  2
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Sex differences in patients with different stages of knee osteoarthritis

David S Logerstedt et al. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To quantify the differences in physical impairments and in performance-based measures and patient-reported outcomes in men and women seeking nonoperative management of symptomatic moderate knee osteoarthritis (OA) and those with symptomatic end-stage knee OA scheduled for total knee arthroplasty compared with healthy controls.

Design: Cross-sectional analysis of individuals referred to physical therapy, community participants, and subjects from a 2-year longitudinal study.

Setting: University research department.

Participants: Cross-sectional analysis of participants (N=289) consisting of a moderate OA group (n=83), a severe OA group (n=143), and a healthy control group (n=63).

Interventions: Not applicable.

Main outcome measures: Quadriceps strength, timed Up and Go test, stair-climbing test, 6-minute walk test, Knee Outcome Survey-Activities of Daily Living Scale (KOS-ADLS), and Physical Component Summary (PCS) of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey.

Results: Women had worse scores than men for physical impairment and performance-based measures (P<.001). In the moderate OA group, women had significantly lower KOS-ADLS (P=.007) and PCS (P=.026) scores than men, with no differences seen between sexes in the other 2 groups for patient-reported measures.

Conclusions: Differences between women and men with knee OA on physical impairments and performance-based measures are not echoed in the differences seen in patient-reported measures. These measures signal different domains of knee function in patients with knee OA and should be used as part of a comprehensive functional evaluation.

Keywords: Knee; Osteoarthritis; Patient outcome assessment; Rehabilitation; Sex.

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