Physical and Financial Impacts Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbate Knee Pain: A Longitudinal Study of a Large-Scale General Population.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to evaluate the changes in knee pain, a dominant cause of physical disability, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and to identify factors affecting the changes in knee pain. We analyzed the pre- and post-COVID-19 longitudinal dataset of the Nagahama Study. Knee pain was assessed using the Knee Society Score (KSS). The estimated KSS from the age and sex using regression model in the pre- and post-COVID-19 dataset was compared. Factors including the activity score, educational level, and various impacts of COVID-19 were analyzed for correlation analyses with changes in KSS. Data collected from 6409 participants showed statistically significant differences in KSS, pre- (mean = 22.0; SD = 4.4) and post-COVID-19 (mean = 19.5; SD = 6.4). Low activity score (p

SUBMITTER: Morita Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8992315 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature