BACKGROUND Thoughtful use of assessment tools to monitor disease requires an understanding of clinimetric properties. These properties are often under-reported and, thus, potentially overlooked in the clinic. This study aimed to determine the minimal detectable change (MDC) and coefficient of variation per cent (CV%) for tools commonly used to assess the symptomatic and functional severity of k...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to describe and recommend patient-reported outcome instruments for use in patients with articular cartilage lesions undergoing cartilage repair interventions. METHODS Nonsystematic literature search identifying measures addressing pain and function evaluated for validity and psychometric properties in patients with articular cartilage lesions. RESULT...

IntroductionNewly formulated trehalose-hyaluronic acid (T-HA) has proven to be more stable in vitro the effects of hyaluronidase enzyme.ObjectivesTo compare clinical outcomes T-HA with standard non–trehalose (NT-HA) hyal-uronic when administered as infiltrative therapy patients symptomatic osteoarthritis knee.MethodsA prospective controlled trial parallel arms was performed. Sixty persistent kn...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recent research on outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has raised the question of the ability of traditional outcome measures to distinguish between treatments. We compared functional outcomes in patients undergoing TKA with and without patellar resurfacing, using the knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS) as the primary outcome and 3 traditional out...

Methods: The study was based on 768 failed primary TKAs revised to TKAs (TKA/TKA) and 578 failed primary UKAs revised to TKAs (UKA/TKA) reported to the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register between 1994 and 2011. Patient-reported outcomemeasures (PROMs) including the EuroQol EQ-5D, the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), and visual analog scales assessing satisfaction and pain were u...

background: articular cartilage injuries are a common clinical problem at the time of acl reconstruction with an incidence rate of 16-46%. good results of acl reconstruction combined with the treatment of chondral lesions have been published in some studies. method: after statistical analysis 30 patients were selected and divided in 2 groups. theffirst group consisted of 15 patients wite isolat...

OBJECTIVE Isolated cases of osteoarthritis of the knee represent a major clinical problem. A particular challenge is a case in which both articular surfaces are affected. Such is the case with the isolated form of patellofemoral osteoarthritis. Studies that describe methods for treating such conditions are few, and the results are not too promising. METHODS In this article, we present one suc...

OBJECTIVES To investigate longterm pain and disability subsequent to a tibial shaft fracture treated conservatively. DESIGN AND SETTING Subjects who had sustained a tibial shaft fracture more than 27 years ago were compared with those who had not. SUBJECTS 572 fracture patients (identified from the records of the plaster room) aged over 16 at the time of injury were contracted and were comp...