Diminished vibration perception and greater pressure pain sensitivity are associated with worse knee osteoarthritis outcomes across sex and race
Authors' conclusion
Diminished vibration perception and greater pressure pain sensitivity were cross-sectionally associated with worse knee OA outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- Participants of the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, 2013–2015 visit (mean age 71 years, 68% female, 33% Black, BMI 31 kg/m²)851 (vibration perception threshold (VPT)) and 862 (pressure pain threshold (PPT)) analysed
- Exposure
- Vibration perception threshold and pressure pain threshold vs knee osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes
- Outcome
- Knee pain severity and presence of knee symptoms, radiographic knee OA and symptomatic knee OA in each knee
Methodological detailslogistic regression, analyses overall and by sex and race
- Logistic regression
- Analyses overall and by sex and race
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Higher VPT (lower vibration sensitivity) at the medial femoral condyle (MFC) and first MTP joint associated with all outcomes
- Lower PPT (greater pressure pain sensitivity) associated with greater knee pain severity
- Cross-sectional
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Associations by sex and race (subgroups)
- Associations of VPT and PPT with all outcomes similar among females and males and Black and White individuals
Original publication
Diminished vibration perception and greater pressure pain sensitivity are associated with worse knee osteoarthritis outcomes across sex and race. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. Published 14 June 2024. doi:10.
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