Five-year prognosis and impact of adolescent knee pain: a prospective population-based cohort study of 504 adolescents in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Investigate the prognosis of adolescent knee pain, and evaluate its impact on health, care-seeking and career choices 5 years later.

Design

Pre-registered, prospective cohort study.

Setting

Population-based cohort initiated in school setting.

Participants

From a cohort of 2200 adolescents aged 15-19 years in 2011, 504 reported knee pain on at least a monthly basis, and were followed prospectively in this cohort study, together with 252 controls who did not have knee pain in 2011.

Main outcome measures

Outcomes included the Pain and Symptoms subscales from the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), pain intensity measured with a Numeric Rating Scale, pain frequency, knee-related and health-related quality of life, sports participa

SUBMITTER: Rathleff MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549701 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature