Clinical assessment of effusion in knee osteoarthritis-A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this systematic review was to determine the validity and inter- and intra-observer reliability of the assessment of knee joint effusion in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee.

Methods

MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge, CINAHL, EMBASE, and AMED were searched from their inception to February 2015. Articles were included according to a priori defined criteria: samples containing participants with knee OA; prospective evaluation of clinical tests and assessments of knee effusion that included reliability, sensitivity, and specificity of these tests.

Results

A total of 10 publications were reviewed. Eight of these considered reliability and four on validity of clinical assessments against ultrasound effusion. It was not possible to undertake a meta-analysis of rel

SUBMITTER: Maricar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4823277 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature