Associations of clinical measures and structural knee magnetic resonance imaging findings with knee symptoms in a birth cohort of 33-year-old adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the associations between knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, knee joint symptoms and related health factors in a random subpopulation of 33-year-olds from the Northern Finland 1986 Birth Cohort.

Method

Subjects with questionnaire, knee MRI, and clinical symptom data, were included in this study (n = 284, 60.9 % females, age 33.7 years). Knee MRI data was graded using the MRI Osteoarthritis Knee Score (MOAKS) system. Symptoms were evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) version of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), and participants with VAS >3 in any WOMAC sub-question were considered symptomatic.

Results

12.2 % (74.3 % females) of the study population were symptomatic, and were more

SUBMITTER: Kemppainen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12800690 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature