Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases logoLink to Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
. 2001 Feb;60(2):89–90. doi: 10.1136/ard.60.2.89

Knee pain in older adults: the latest musculoskeletal "epidemic"

D SYMMONS 1
PMCID: PMC1753464  PMID: 11156537

Full Text

The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (65.2 KB).

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Bellamy N., Kirwan J., Boers M., Brooks P., Strand V., Tugwell P., Altman R., Brandt K., Dougados M., Lequesne M. Recommendations for a core set of outcome measures for future phase III clinical trials in knee, hip, and hand osteoarthritis. Consensus development at OMERACT III. J Rheumatol. 1997 Apr;24(4):799–802. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Bradley J. D. Osteoarthritis treatment approaches, research methodologies, and agenda: do we need to re-invent the wheel? Arthritis Care Res. 2000 Oct;13(5):252–254. doi: 10.1002/1529-0131(200010)13:5<252::aid-anr2>3.0.co;2-f. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Chard J. A., Tallon D., Dieppe P. A. Epidemiology of research into interventions for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee joint. Ann Rheum Dis. 2000 Jun;59(6):414–418. doi: 10.1136/ard.59.6.414. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Creamer P., Hochberg M. C. Why does osteoarthritis of the knee hurt--sometimes? Br J Rheumatol. 1997 Jul;36(7):726–728. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/36.7.726. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Davis M. A., Ettinger W. H., Neuhaus J. M., Barclay J. D., Segal M. R. Correlates of knee pain among US adults with and without radiographic knee osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 1992 Dec;19(12):1943–1949. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Felson D. T., Naimark A., Anderson J., Kazis L., Castelli W., Meenan R. F. The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly. The Framingham Osteoarthritis Study. Arthritis Rheum. 1987 Aug;30(8):914–918. doi: 10.1002/art.1780300811. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Felson D. T. The course of osteoarthritis and factors that affect it. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 1993 Aug;19(3):607–615. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Hadler N. M. Knee pain is the malady--not osteoarthritis. Ann Intern Med. 1992 Apr 1;116(7):598–599. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-116-7-598. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Hart D. J., Doyle D. V., Spector T. D. Association between metabolic factors and knee osteoarthritis in women: the Chingford Study. J Rheumatol. 1995 Jun;22(6):1118–1123. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Hochberg M. C., Lawrence R. C., Everett D. F., Cornoni-Huntley J. Epidemiologic associations of pain in osteoarthritis of the knee: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination-I Epidemiologic Follow-up Survey. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1989 May;18(4 Suppl 2):4–9. doi: 10.1016/0049-0172(89)90008-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Lanyon P., O'Reilly S., Jones A., Doherty M. Radiographic assessment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in the community: definitions and normal joint space. Ann Rheum Dis. 1998 Oct;57(10):595–601. doi: 10.1136/ard.57.10.595. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. McAlindon T. E., Cooper C., Kirwan J. R., Dieppe P. A. Knee pain and disability in the community. Br J Rheumatol. 1992 Mar;31(3):189–192. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/31.3.189. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. O'Reilly S. C., Muir K. R., Doherty M. Screening for pain in knee osteoarthritis: which question? Ann Rheum Dis. 1996 Dec;55(12):931–933. doi: 10.1136/ard.55.12.931. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Peat G., McCarney R., Croft P. Knee pain and osteoarthritis in older adults: a review of community burden and current use of primary health care. Ann Rheum Dis. 2001 Feb;60(2):91–97. doi: 10.1136/ard.60.2.91. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Rapp S. R., Rejeski W. J., Miller M. E. Physical function among older adults with knee pain: the role of pain coping skills. Arthritis Care Res. 2000 Oct;13(5):270–279. doi: 10.1002/1529-0131(200010)13:5<270::aid-anr5>3.0.co;2-a. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Tennant A., Fear J., Pickering A., Hillman M., Cutts A., Chamberlain M. A. Prevalence of knee problems in the population aged 55 years and over: identifying the need for knee arthroplasty. BMJ. 1995 May 20;310(6990):1291–1293. doi: 10.1136/bmj.310.6990.1291. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Urwin M., Symmons D., Allison T., Brammah T., Busby H., Roxby M., Simmons A., Williams G. Estimating the burden of musculoskeletal disorders in the community: the comparative prevalence of symptoms at different anatomical sites, and the relation to social deprivation. Ann Rheum Dis. 1998 Nov;57(11):649–655. doi: 10.1136/ard.57.11.649. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES