Conundrum of mechanical knee symptoms : Signifying feature of a meniscal tear?
Thorlund, Jonas Bloch ; Pihl, Kenneth ; Nissen, Nis ; Jørgensen, Uffe ; Fristed, Jakob Vium ; Lohmander, L. Stefan LU
and Englund, Martin
LU
(2019)
In British journal of sports medicine
53(5).
p.299-303
- Abstract
Background: Mechanical knee symptoms are often considered important in the decision to perform knee arthroscopy on the suspicion of a meniscal tear. We investigated if presence of a meniscal tear at knee arthroscopy in adults is associated with presence of preoperative self-reported mechanical knee symptoms. Methods: We used data from Knee Arthroscopy Cohort Southern Denmark (KACS). KACS consists of patients aged 18 years or older referred to knee arthroscopy on the suspicion of a meniscal tear at four recruiting hospitals between 1 February 2013 and 31 January 2015. Of 1259 invited patients, 908 (72%) replied to the baseline questionnaire. With 91 patients excluded, the study sample consisted of 641 and 176 patients with and without a... (More)
Background: Mechanical knee symptoms are often considered important in the decision to perform knee arthroscopy on the suspicion of a meniscal tear. We investigated if presence of a meniscal tear at knee arthroscopy in adults is associated with presence of preoperative self-reported mechanical knee symptoms. Methods: We used data from Knee Arthroscopy Cohort Southern Denmark (KACS). KACS consists of patients aged 18 years or older referred to knee arthroscopy on the suspicion of a meniscal tear at four recruiting hospitals between 1 February 2013 and 31 January 2015. Of 1259 invited patients, 908 (72%) replied to the baseline questionnaire. With 91 patients excluded, the study sample consisted of 641 and 176 patients with and without a meniscal tear confirmed at surgery, respectively. Exposure was meniscal tear as determined by the knee surgeon during arthroscopy. Main outcomes were preoperative mechanical knee symptoms defined as self-reported catching/locking or self-reported inability to straighten knee fully. Results: 55% of all patients reported symptoms of catching/locking and 47% were unable to straighten their knee fully. Preoperative mechanical symptoms were equally prevalent in patients with and without a meniscal tear (prevalence ratio catching/locking 0.89, 95% CI 0.77 to 1.03, and inability to straighten knee fully, prevalence ratio 1.02, 95% CI 0.84 to 1.23). Interpretation: Patient-reported mechanical symptoms were equally common irrespective of presence or absence of a meniscal tear in patients undergoing arthroscopy for suspicion of a meniscal tear. Our findings suggest that mechanical knee symptoms have a limited value when considering indication for meniscal surgery. Trial registration number: NCT01871272; Results.
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- author
- Thorlund, Jonas Bloch
; Pihl, Kenneth
; Nissen, Nis
; Jørgensen, Uffe
; Fristed, Jakob Vium
; Lohmander, L. Stefan
LU
and Englund, Martin
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- arthroscopy, epidemiology, knee, meniscal pathology, osteoarthritis
- in
- British journal of sports medicine
- volume
- 53
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 299 - 303
- publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85052912113
- pmid:30170997
- ISSN
- 0306-3674
- DOI
- 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099431
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 4315ab7e-1cfb-4f6a-80e7-33f372338142
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- 2018-10-24 11:07:32
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- 2024-04-15 14:56:55
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