Diminished vibration perception and greater pressure pain sensitivity are associated with worse knee osteoarthritis outcomes across sex and race.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine associations of vibration sensitivity and pressure pain sensitivity with knee osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes across sex and race, which may relate to known sex and race disparities in clinical outcomes.

Design

Data were from the 2013-2015 visit of the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Exposures were vibration perception threshold (VPT) measured at the bilateral medial femoral condyle (MFC) and first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTP), and pressure pain threshold (PPT) measured at the bilateral upper trapezius. Outcomes were knee pain severity and presence of knee symptoms, radiographic knee OA, and symptomatic knee OA in each knee. Cross-sectional associations of the exposures with the outcomes were examined using logistic regression models, overall and

SUBMITTER: Lane CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12043336 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature