Psychological health is associated with knee pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis: an exploratory cross-sectional study

Psychological health is associated with knee pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis: an exploratory cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Depressive symptoms are a major comorbidity in older adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, the type of activity-induced knee pain associated with depression has not been examined. Furthermore, there is conflicting evidence regarding the association between depression and...

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Main Authors: Hirotaka Iijima, Tomoki Aoyama, Naoto Fukutani, Takuya Isho, Yuko Yamamoto, Masakazu Hiraoka, Kazuyuki Miyanobu, Masashi Jinnouchi, Eishi Kaneda, Hiroshi Kuroki, Shuichi Matsuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Psychology
Subjects:
Knee osteoarthritis
Depression
Knee pain
Functional limitation
Physical activity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40359-018-0234-3

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