Patient-assessed health instruments for the knee: a structured review

Patient-assessed health instruments for the knee: a structured review.

OBJECTIVES To identify patient-assessed health instruments specific to the knee and review evidence for reliability, validity and responsiveness. METHODS Instruments were identified through systematic searches of the literature. Information relating to instrument content, patient population, reliability, validity and responsiveness was extracted from published papers. RESULTS The 16 instrum...

The clinimetric qualities of patient - assessed instruments for measuring chronic ankle instability : A systematic review

The clinimetric qualities of patient-assessed instruments for measuring chronic ankle instability: A systematic review

BACKGROUND The assessment of outcomes from the patient's perspective becomes more recognized in health care. Also in patients with chronic ankle instability, the degree of present impairments, disabilities and participation problems should be documented from the perspective of the patient. The decision about which patient-assessed instrument is most appropriate for clinical practice should be b...

A Critical Review of Proximal Fibular Osteotomy for Knee Osteoarthritis

The surgical management of Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA), so far, mainly revolved around arthroscopic procedures,arthroplasty (total: TKA and unicompartmental: UKA) or high tibial osteotomy (HTO). Recently, another minimallyinvasive surgical treatment of proximal fibular osteotomy (PFO) has been proposed for the management of KOA. ThePFO has been found to be useful in the manageme...

Bilateral Synovial Knee Chondromatosis in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Case-report and Literature Review

We presented a female patient with RA complaining of progressive pain, swelling, and crepitation of the knee joints that was diagnosed with bilateral synovial chondromatosis (SC) of both knees. Radiographies revealed characteristic findings of SC including multiple calcified multifaceted loose bodies within both knees. Removal of cartilaginous segments as well as total synovectomy was performed...