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Vibratory perception threshold in young and middle-aged patients at high risk of knee osteoarthritis compared to controls

Thorlund, Jonas Bloch ; Shakoor, Najia ; Ageberg, Eva LU orcid ; Sandal, Louise Fleng ; Block, Joel A. and Roos, Ewa LU (2012) In Arthritis Care and Research 64(1). p.144-148
Abstract
Objective Vibratory perception threshold (VPT) is impaired in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). It is, however, not known if sensory deficits precede or follow as a consequence of OA. The aim of this study was to investigate VPT in 2 independent groups of patients with high risk of future OA (young anterior cruciate ligament [ACL]-injured patients and middle-aged meniscectomized patients) and compare them to age-matched controls. Methods. VPT was assessed at the medial malleolus (MM) and medial femoral condyle (MFC) in 2 independent groups of patients and matched controls: ACL- injured patients (n = 39, mean +/- SD age 24.0 +/- 5.2 years, mean +/- SD BMI 24.0 +/- 2.9 kg/m(2), mean +/- SD time since injury 21.9 +/- 21.6 months) and... (More)
Objective Vibratory perception threshold (VPT) is impaired in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). It is, however, not known if sensory deficits precede or follow as a consequence of OA. The aim of this study was to investigate VPT in 2 independent groups of patients with high risk of future OA (young anterior cruciate ligament [ACL]-injured patients and middle-aged meniscectomized patients) and compare them to age-matched controls. Methods. VPT was assessed at the medial malleolus (MM) and medial femoral condyle (MFC) in 2 independent groups of patients and matched controls: ACL- injured patients (n = 39, mean +/- SD age 24.0 +/- 5.2 years, mean +/- SD BMI 24.0 +/- 2.9 kg/m(2), mean +/- SD time since injury 21.9 +/- 21.6 months) and controls (n = 28, mean +/- SD age 25.6 +/- 4.4 years, mean +/- SD BMI 23.6 +/- 2.2 kg/m(2)), and meniscectomized patients (n = 22, mean +/- SD age 49.6 +/- 4.8 years, mean +/- SD BMI 24.7 +/- 2.7 kg/m(2), mean +/- SD time since surgery 49.6 +/- 5.0 months) and controls (n = 25, mean +/- SD age 49.4 +/- 5.2 years, mean +/- SD BMI 25.2 +/- 4.9 kg/m(2)). Results. ACL- injured patients had a better VPT than controls at the MM (P = 0.030), which persisted after adjusting for age and sex (P = 0.034). At the MFC, there was a similar trend in favor of ACL injured patients (unadjusted P = 0.093, adjusted P = 0.122). No differences were seen in VPT at theMMbetween meniscectomized patients and controls, whereas there was a tendency for better VPT in meniscectomized patients at the MFC (unadjusted P = 0.085, adjusted P = 0.092). Conclusion. Impaired vibratory sensation could not be confirmed in 2 independent groups of patients compared to age-matched controls, suggesting that impaired vibratory sense is not present in knee- injured patients at high risk or in the very early phase of knee OA. (Less)
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64
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10.1002/acr.20624
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  abstract     = {{Objective Vibratory perception threshold (VPT) is impaired in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). It is, however, not known if sensory deficits precede or follow as a consequence of OA. The aim of this study was to investigate VPT in 2 independent groups of patients with high risk of future OA (young anterior cruciate ligament [ACL]-injured patients and middle-aged meniscectomized patients) and compare them to age-matched controls. Methods. VPT was assessed at the medial malleolus (MM) and medial femoral condyle (MFC) in 2 independent groups of patients and matched controls: ACL- injured patients (n = 39, mean +/- SD age 24.0 +/- 5.2 years, mean +/- SD BMI 24.0 +/- 2.9 kg/m(2), mean +/- SD time since injury 21.9 +/- 21.6 months) and controls (n = 28, mean +/- SD age 25.6 +/- 4.4 years, mean +/- SD BMI 23.6 +/- 2.2 kg/m(2)), and meniscectomized patients (n = 22, mean +/- SD age 49.6 +/- 4.8 years, mean +/- SD BMI 24.7 +/- 2.7 kg/m(2), mean +/- SD time since surgery 49.6 +/- 5.0 months) and controls (n = 25, mean +/- SD age 49.4 +/- 5.2 years, mean +/- SD BMI 25.2 +/- 4.9 kg/m(2)). Results. ACL- injured patients had a better VPT than controls at the MM (P = 0.030), which persisted after adjusting for age and sex (P = 0.034). At the MFC, there was a similar trend in favor of ACL injured patients (unadjusted P = 0.093, adjusted P = 0.122). No differences were seen in VPT at theMMbetween meniscectomized patients and controls, whereas there was a tendency for better VPT in meniscectomized patients at the MFC (unadjusted P = 0.085, adjusted P = 0.092). Conclusion. Impaired vibratory sensation could not be confirmed in 2 independent groups of patients compared to age-matched controls, suggesting that impaired vibratory sense is not present in knee- injured patients at high risk or in the very early phase of knee OA.}},
  author       = {{Thorlund, Jonas Bloch and Shakoor, Najia and Ageberg, Eva and Sandal, Louise Fleng and Block, Joel A. and Roos, Ewa}},
  issn         = {{2151-4658}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{144--148}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Arthritis Care and Research}},
  title        = {{Vibratory perception threshold in young and middle-aged patients at high risk of knee osteoarthritis compared to controls}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acr.20624}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/acr.20624}},
  volume       = {{64}},
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