Study of the relation between body weight and functional limitations and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the influence of the body weight in functional capacity and pain of adult and elderly individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Methods The sample consisted of 107 adult and elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis divided into two groups (adequate weight/adiposity and...
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective To assess the influence of the body weight in functional capacity and pain of adult and elderly individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Methods The sample consisted of 107 adult and elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis divided into two groups (adequate weight/adiposity and excessive weight/adiposity) according to body mass index and percent of body fat mass, assessed by electric bioimpedance. Subjects were evaluated for functional mobility (Timed Up and Go Test), pain, stiffness and function (Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index − WOMAC), pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale − VAS) and pressure pain tolerance threshold (algometry in vastus medialis and vastus lateralis muscles). Data were analyzed with Statistical Package of the Social Sciences, version 22 for Windows. Comparisons between groups were made through Student’s t test, with significance level set at 5%. Results There was predominance of females in the sample (81.3%), and mean age was 61.8±10.1 years. When dividing the sample by both body mass index and adiposity, 89.7% of them had weight/adiposity excess, and 59.8% were obese. There was no difference between groups regarding age, pain intensity, pressure pain tolerance threshold, functional mobility, stiffness and function. However, pain (WOMAC) was higher (p=0.05) in the group of patients with weight or adiposity excess, and pain perception according to VAS was worse in the group of obese patients (p=0.05). Conclusion Excessive weight had negative impact in patients with osteoarthritis, increasing pain assessed by WOMAC or VAS, although no differences were observed in functionality and pressure pain tolerance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07913b9bf9e24b59afee8ed59ee1f53c2022-12-22T00:51:04ZengInstituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert EinsteinEinstein (São Paulo)2317-638515330731210.1590/s1679-45082017ao4082S1679-45082017000300307Study of the relation between body weight and functional limitations and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritisFábio Marcon AlfieriNatália Cristina de Oliveira Vargas e SilvaLinamara Rizzo BattistellaABSTRACT Objective To assess the influence of the body weight in functional capacity and pain of adult and elderly individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Methods The sample consisted of 107 adult and elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis divided into two groups (adequate weight/adiposity and excessive weight/adiposity) according to body mass index and percent of body fat mass, assessed by electric bioimpedance. Subjects were evaluated for functional mobility (Timed Up and Go Test), pain, stiffness and function (Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index − WOMAC), pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale − VAS) and pressure pain tolerance threshold (algometry in vastus medialis and vastus lateralis muscles). Data were analyzed with Statistical Package of the Social Sciences, version 22 for Windows. Comparisons between groups were made through Student’s t test, with significance level set at 5%. Results There was predominance of females in the sample (81.3%), and mean age was 61.8±10.1 years. When dividing the sample by both body mass index and adiposity, 89.7% of them had weight/adiposity excess, and 59.8% were obese. There was no difference between groups regarding age, pain intensity, pressure pain tolerance threshold, functional mobility, stiffness and function. However, pain (WOMAC) was higher (p=0.05) in the group of patients with weight or adiposity excess, and pain perception according to VAS was worse in the group of obese patients (p=0.05). Conclusion Excessive weight had negative impact in patients with osteoarthritis, increasing pain assessed by WOMAC or VAS, although no differences were observed in functionality and pressure pain tolerance.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082017000300307&lng=en&tlng=enArticulação do joelho/patologiaOsteoartrite do joelho/complicaçõesPeso corporalÍndice de massa corporalDorAdultoIdoso |
| spellingShingle | Fábio Marcon Alfieri Natália Cristina de Oliveira Vargas e Silva Linamara Rizzo Battistella Study of the relation between body weight and functional limitations and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis Einstein (São Paulo) Articulação do joelho/patologia Osteoartrite do joelho/complicações Peso corporal Índice de massa corporal Dor Adulto Idoso |
| title | Study of the relation between body weight and functional limitations and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis |
| title_full | Study of the relation between body weight and functional limitations and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis |
| title_fullStr | Study of the relation between body weight and functional limitations and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of the relation between body weight and functional limitations and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis |
| title_short | Study of the relation between body weight and functional limitations and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis |
| title_sort | study of the relation between body weight and functional limitations and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis |
| topic | Articulação do joelho/patologia Osteoartrite do joelho/complicações Peso corporal Índice de massa corporal Dor Adulto Idoso |
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