Risk factors for the long-term incidence and progression of knee osteoarthritis in older adults: role of nonsurgical injury.

Background

For one of the most chronic medical conditions, osteoarthritis, uncertainties remain on the impact of injury chronology, the role of repeat injury on the incidence/progression of this disease and the need for knee arthroplasty.

Objectives

To explore, in an older adult population, how nonsurgical knee injuries relate to osteoarthritis incidence/progression and the weight of independent risk factors for arthroplasty.

Design

A cohort study design evaluates the long-term impact of injuries on knee osteoarthritis outcomes.

Methods

Knees with no prior injury (

Results

At inclusion, knees with prior injury demonstrated greater incidence and severity of osteoarthritis (

Conclusion

This study highlights the importance of nonsurgical knee injury in older adults as an independent risk factor for knee osteoarthritis and arthroplasty. These data will be beneficial in clinical practice as they will help identify individuals at greater risk of significant disease progression and worst disease outcomes for a customized therapeutic approach.

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s), 2023.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: J.-P.P. and J.M.-P. are shareholders in ArthroLab Inc.