Peter Kreitmaier , Diane Swift , J. Mark Wilkinson , Eleftheria Zeggini
{"title":"Epigenomic differences between osteoarthritis grades in primary cartilage","authors":"Peter Kreitmaier , Diane Swift , J. Mark Wilkinson , Eleftheria Zeggini","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Osteoarthritis is a common and complex joint disorder that shows higher prevalence and greater disease severity in women. Here, we investigate genome-wide methylation profiles of primary chondrocytes from osteoarthritis patients.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>We compare genome-wide methylation profiles of macroscopically intact (low-grade) and degraded (high-grade) osteoarthritis cartilage samples matched from osteoarthritis patients undergoing knee replacement surgery. We perform an epigenome-wide association study for cartilage degeneration across 170 patients and separately in 96 women and 74 men.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We reveal widespread epigenetic differences with enrichments of nervous system and apoptosis-related processes. We further identify substantial similarities between sexes, but also sex-specific markers and pathways.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Together, we provide the largest genome-wide methylation profiles of primary cartilage to date with enhanced and sex-specific insights into epigenetic processes underlying osteoarthritis progression.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 9","pages":"Pages 1126-1133"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1063458424013141/pdfft?md5=d7ee97fb238eec9dcf5a88b9c7f235c7&pid=1-s2.0-S1063458424013141-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141760127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. van Middelkoop , D. Schiphof , M. Hattle , J. Simkins , K.L. Bennell , R.S. Hinman , K.D. Allen , J. Knoop , M.E. van Baar , D. Bossen , J. Wallis , M. Hurley , M.A. Holden , S.M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra
{"title":"People with short symptom duration of knee osteoarthritis benefit more from exercise therapy than people with longer symptom duration: An individual participant data meta-analysis from the OA trial bank","authors":"M. van Middelkoop , D. Schiphof , M. Hattle , J. Simkins , K.L. Bennell , R.S. Hinman , K.D. Allen , J. Knoop , M.E. van Baar , D. Bossen , J. Wallis , M. Hurley , M.A. Holden , S.M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To investigate whether duration of knee symptoms influenced the magnitude of the effect of exercise therapy compared to non-exercise control interventions on pain and physical function in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA).</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>We undertook an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis utilising IPD stored within the OA Trial Bank from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing exercise to non-exercise control interventions among people with knee OA. IPD from RCTs were analysed to determine the treatment effect by considering both study-level and individual-level covariates in the multilevel regression model. To estimate the interaction effect (i.e., treatment x duration of symptoms (dichotomised)), on self-reported pain or physical function (standardised to 0–100 scale), a one-stage multilevel regression model was applied.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We included IPD from 1767 participants with knee OA from 10 RCTs. Significant interaction effects between the study arm and symptom duration (≤1 year vs >1 year, and ≤2 years vs>2 years) were found for short- (∼3 months) (Mean Difference (MD) −3.57, 95%CI −6.76 to −0.38 and −4.12, 95% CI-6.58 to −1.66, respectively) and long-term (∼12 months) pain outcomes (MD −8.33, 95%CI −12.51 to −4.15 and −8.00, 95%CI −11.21 to −4.80, respectively), and long-term function outcomes (MD −5.46, 95%CI −9.22 to −1.70 and −4.56 95%CI −7.33 to-1.80, respectively).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This IPD meta-analysis demonstrated that people with a relatively short symptom duration benefit more from therapeutic exercise than those with a longer symptom duration. Therefore, there seems to be a window of opportunity to target therapeutic exercise in knee OA.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 12","pages":"Pages 1620-1627"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141734769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sultan Ayyadah Alanazi , Bill Vicenzino , Christiaan J.A. van Bergen , David J. Hunter , Erik A. Wikstrom , Hylton B. Menz , Yvonne M. Golightly , Michelle D. Smith , Core Domain Set for Ankle Osteoarthritis Consensus group
{"title":"Development of a core domain set for ankle osteoarthritis: An international consensus study of patients and health professionals","authors":"Sultan Ayyadah Alanazi , Bill Vicenzino , Christiaan J.A. van Bergen , David J. Hunter , Erik A. Wikstrom , Hylton B. Menz , Yvonne M. Golightly , Michelle D. Smith , Core Domain Set for Ankle Osteoarthritis Consensus group","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To develop an internationally agreed-upon core domain set for ankle osteoarthritis (OA).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In a three-part Delphi process, a group of multidisciplinary health professionals with expertise in ankle OA and people with ankle OA responded to online questionnaires. The questionnaires proposed a list of 29 candidate domains derived from a systematic review of ankle OA research, and interviews with people with ankle OA and health professionals. Consensus was defined a priori as ≥70% agreement in people with ankle OA and health professionals whether a domain should or should not be included in a core domain set. An online consensus meeting was held to discuss and resolve undecided candidate domains.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 100 people (75 health professionals and 25 people with ankle OA) from 18 countries (4 continents) participated in this study. Five domains reached consensus for inclusion in a core domain set for ankle OA – pain severity, health-related quality of life, function, disability and ankle range of motion. Twenty-one candidate domains reached agreement not to be included in the core domain set, and three domains remained undecided (ankle instability, physical capacity, and mental health).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This international consensus study, which included people with ankle OA and health professionals, has established a core domain set for ankle OA with five domains that should be measured and reported in all ankle OA trials – pain severity, health-related quality of life, function, disability and ankle range of motion. This core domain set will guide the reporting of outcomes in clinical trials on ankle OA. Future research should determine which outcome measurement instruments should be used to measure each of the core domains.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 11","pages":"Pages 1481-1491"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141727516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elisabeth Ginnerup-Nielsen , Tanja Schjødt Jørgensen , Camilla Dew-Hattens , Robin Christensen , Johannes Iuel Berg , Lene Vase , Anna Døssing , Sabrina Mai Nielsen , Lars Erik Kristensen , Henning Bliddal , Karen Ellegaard , Marius Henriksen
{"title":"The impact of an illness perception conversation on open-label placebo response in knee osteoarthritis: A randomised controlled trial","authors":"Elisabeth Ginnerup-Nielsen , Tanja Schjødt Jørgensen , Camilla Dew-Hattens , Robin Christensen , Johannes Iuel Berg , Lene Vase , Anna Døssing , Sabrina Mai Nielsen , Lars Erik Kristensen , Henning Bliddal , Karen Ellegaard , Marius Henriksen","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To compare the effect of an illness perception conversation (IPC), relative to a research participation conversation (RPC), on 2-week changes in knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>This was a randomised single-blind trial. Patients were randomised to two matched conversations. An IP conversation concerning the participant’s knee pain-related illness perception (IP) or an RPC concerning the participant’s motivation for participating in research. Both conversations were followed by an open-label intraarticular saline injection in the most symptomatic knee. The primary outcome was change in knee pain from baseline to 2 weeks follow-up on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS). Key secondary outcomes included the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscales: Activities of daily living (ADL) and Quality of life (QoL). Main analyses were based on the intention-to-treat population using repeated measures mixed effects linear models.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>103 patients were randomised to the IPC group (n = 52) and the RPC group (n = 51). VAS knee pain scores changed statistically significantly from baseline to end of treatment in both groups, −13.7 (standard error [SE]: 3.2) in the IPC group and −13.0 (SE: 3.1) in the RPC group with an adjusted between-group difference of −0.7 (95% CI: −8.3 to 6.9; P = 0.85). Likewise, no group differences were seen in KOOS ADL and KOOS QoL.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>A conversation concerning knee pain-related IP did not augment the pain-relieving effect of an open-label placebo injection when compared to a similar control conversation concerning motivations for participating in research.</div></div><div><h3>Trial registration</h3><div>NCT05225480.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 12","pages":"Pages 1610-1619"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141727517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to Editor regarding article ‘Cost and outcomes of Hospital-based Usual cAre versus Tele-monitor self-directed Rehabilitation (HUATR) in patients with total knee arthroplasty: A randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial’","authors":"Jiahua Zhang, Yuhan Gong, Xinjie Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 12","pages":"Pages 1655-1656"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141634084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response to Letter to the Editor: ‘Cost and outcomes of Hospital-based Usual cAre versus Tele-monitor self-directed Rehabilitation (HUATR) in patients with total knee arthroplasty: A randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial’","authors":"Yong-Hao Pua , John Wei-Ming Tan","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 12","pages":"Pages 1657-1658"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141616980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen J. DiMartino , Haitao Gao , Tuhina Neogi , Thomas Fuerst , Souhil Zaim , Simon Eng , Tina Ho , Garen Manvelian , Ned Braunstein , Gregory P. Geba , Paula Dakin
{"title":"Prevalence of preexisting articular bone pathology in patients with osteoarthritis screened for fasinumab clinical trials identified by X-ray or magnetic resonance imaging","authors":"Stephen J. DiMartino , Haitao Gao , Tuhina Neogi , Thomas Fuerst , Souhil Zaim , Simon Eng , Tina Ho , Garen Manvelian , Ned Braunstein , Gregory P. Geba , Paula Dakin","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To examine the prevalence of preexisting articular bone pathology in patients with hip or knee pain due to osteoarthritis (OA) screened for fasinumab clinical trials.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>This <em>post-hoc</em> analysis included patients with OA screened for three phase 3 fasinumab studies (NCT02683239, NCT03161093, NCT03304379). During screening, participants who met other clinical inclusion/exclusion criteria underwent radiography of knees, hips, and shoulders. Those with Kellgren–Lawrence grade (KLG) ≥ 2 for index joint and without an exclusionary finding proceeded to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of index, contralateral, and KLG ≥ 3 joints. Exclusionary findings included bone fragmentation/collapse, bone loss/resorption, osteonecrosis, and fracture, by either X-ray or MRI. Participants with extensive subchondral cysts were also excluded. Prevalence of abnormalities on radiographs and MRIs are reported.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of 27,633 participants screened, 21,997 proceeded to imaging. Of these, 1203 (5.5%) were excluded due to the presence of ≥ 1 joint with severe articular bone pathology (X-ray or MRI): bone fragmentation/collapse (2.60%), subchondral insufficiency fracture (SIF; 1.67%), osteonecrosis (1.11%), and significant bone loss (0.32%). Additionally, 3.13% screen-failed due to extensive subchondral cysts. More than half of the exclusions due to bone fragmentation/collapse (386/572), osteonecrosis (141/245) and significant bone loss (59/71), and approximately one third of SIF (133/367) and extensive subchondral cysts (229/689) were evident on X-rays.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Approximately one in 20 participants with OA who met the clinical screening criteria for fasinumab phase 3 trials were later excluded due to preexisting severe articular bone pathology findings by X-ray or MRI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 12","pages":"Pages 1601-1609"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141616979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elisabeth A. Lemmon , Kevin G. Burt , Sung Yeon Kim , Bryan Kwok , Lorielle Laforest , Rui Xiao , Lin Han , Carla R. Scanzello , Robert L. Mauck , Kimberly A. Agnello
{"title":"Interleukin receptor therapeutics attenuate inflammation in canine synovium following cruciate ligament injury","authors":"Elisabeth A. Lemmon , Kevin G. Burt , Sung Yeon Kim , Bryan Kwok , Lorielle Laforest , Rui Xiao , Lin Han , Carla R. Scanzello , Robert L. Mauck , Kimberly A. Agnello","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.06.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.06.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>In the knee, synovial fibrosis after ligamentous injury is linked to progressive joint pain and stiffness. The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in synovial architecture, mechanical properties, and transcriptional profiles following naturally occurring cruciate ligament injury in canines and to test potential therapeutics that target drivers of synovial inflammation and fibrosis.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Synovia from canines with spontaneous cruciate ligament tears and from healthy knees were assessed via histology (n = 10/group) and micromechanical testing (n = 5/group) to identify changes in tissue architecture and stiffness. Additional samples (n = 5/group) were subjected to RNA-sequencing to define the transcriptional response to injury. Finally, synovial tissue samples from injured animals (n = 6 (IL1) or n = 8 (IL6)/group) were assessed in vitro for response to therapeutic molecules directed against interleukin (IL) signaling (IL1 or IL6).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Cruciate injury resulted in increased synovial fibrosis, vascularity, inflammatory cell infiltration, and intimal hyperplasia. Additionally, the stiffness of both the intima and subintima regions were higher in diseased compared to healthy tissue. Differential gene expression analysis showed that diseased synovium had an upregulation of immune response and cell adhesion pathways and a downregulation of Rho protein transduction pathways. In vitro application of small molecule therapeutics targeting IL1 (anakinra) or IL6 (tocilizumab) dampened expression of inflammatory and matrix deposition mediators.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Spontaneous cruciate ligament injury in canines is associated with synovial inflammation and fibrosis in a relevant model for testing emerging intra-articular treatments. Small molecule therapeutics targeting IL pathways may be ideal interventions for delivery to the joint space after injury.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 10","pages":"Pages 1295-1307"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141616978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of circulating microRNA signature in patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis: The HOAmiR study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.06.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.06.017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To identify circulating micro-RNAs differentially expressed in patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis (HOA) compared to patients with non-erosive HOA and patients without HOA.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In the screening phase, 768 well-characterized micro-RNAs using Taqman low-density array cards were measured in 30 sera from 10 patients with erosive HOA, 10 patients with non-erosive HOA, and 10 controls without HOA, matched for age and body mass index (BMI). In a second step, we validated the micro-RNAs identified at the screening phase (adjusted p value < 0.05 after false discovery rate correction using Benjamini-Hochberg method and literature review) in larger samples (60 patients with erosive HOA and 60 patients without HOA matched for age and BMI).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div><span>In the screening phase, we identified 21 down-regulated and 4 up-regulated micro-RNAs of interest between erosive HOA and control groups. Among these, 9 micro-RNAs (miR-373-3p, miR-558, miR-607, miR-653-5p, miR-137 and miR448 were down-regulated, and miR-142-3p, miR-144-3p and miR-34a-5p were up-regulated) were previously described in chondrocytes<span> homeostasis or OA. We found only one significantly down-regulated micro-RNA between erosive and non-erosive HOA. In the validation phase, we showed replication of a single micro-RNA the significant </span></span>downregulation of miR-196–5p, that had been previously identified in the screening phase among patients with erosive HOA compared to those without HOA.</div><div>After reviewing the literature and the miRNA-gene interaction prediction model, we found that this microRNA could interact with bone homeostasis<span> and HOXC8, which could explain its role in osteoarthritis.</span></div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>We found that miR-196-5p was down-regulated in patients with erosive HOA and some of its targets could explain a role in OA.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 11","pages":"Pages 1452-1462"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141580437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations between static foot posture, dynamic in-shoe plantar foot forces and knee pain in people with medial knee osteoarthritis: A cross-sectional exploratory study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.04.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joca.2024.04.023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To investigate relationships between static foot posture, dynamic plantar foot forces and knee pain in people with medial knee osteoarthritis (OA).</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Data from 164 participants with symptomatic, moderate to severe radiographic medial knee OA were analysed. Knee pain was self-reported using a numerical rating scale (NRS; scores 0–10; higher scores worse) and the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score pain subscale (KOOS; scores 0–100; lower scores worse). Static foot posture was assessed using clinical tests (foot posture index, foot mobility magnitude, navicular drop). Dynamic plantar foot forces (lateral, medial, whole foot, medial-lateral ratio, arch index) were measured using an in-shoe plantar pressure system while walking. Relationships between foot posture and plantar forces (independent variables) and pain (dependent variables) were evaluated using linear regression models, unadjusted and adjusted for sex, walking speed, Kellgren & Lawrence grade, shoe category, and body mass (for dynamic plantar foot forces).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>No measure of static foot posture was associated with any knee pain measure. Higher medial-lateral foot force ratio at midstance, and a higher arch index during overall stance, were weakly associated with higher knee pain on the NRS (regression coefficient = 0.69, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.09 to 1.28) and KOOS (coefficient=3.03, 95% CI 0.71 to 5.35) pain scales, respectively.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Dynamic plantar foot forces, but not static foot posture, were associated with knee pain in people with medial knee OA. However, the amount of pain explained by increases in plantar foot force was small; thus, these associations are unlikely to be clinically meaningful.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19654,"journal":{"name":"Osteoarthritis and Cartilage","volume":"32 10","pages":"Pages 1339-1345"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1063458424012639/pdfft?md5=15d402ad29a362cbd1a0541c7c24f9da&pid=1-s2.0-S1063458424012639-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141580436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}