Correlation Between KL Gradings of OA Knee, Kinesiophobia and Pain Among School Teachers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Background: Osteoarthritis also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease, is a group of mechanical abnormalities involving degradation of joints, including articular cartilage and subchondral bone. OA is the most common form of arthritis. There are two form of OA, Primary and Secondary OA. Kinesiophobia is a condition in which a patient has an excessive, irritational, and debilitating fear of physical movement and activity resulting from a feeling of vulnerability to painful injury or re injury. The influence of biological (exa-gray changes) as well as severity of pain, Kinesiophobia in individual physical functioning. There are less evidences showing the association of kinesiophobia and pain among school teachers with OA knee. So, this study was designed to find out the association of kinesiophobia and pain among school teachers with OA knee. Methodology: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted. 100 school teachers with unilateral or bilateral OA knee were selected who matched the selection criteria. Both male and female were included. For gradings of OA knee KL grade was taken, for kinesiophobia TAMPA scale was taken, for pain NPRS was taken as an outcome measures. Result: Spearman co-efficient between KL grade and TAMPA scale is 0.835, which indicates there is moderate to high positive correlation between KL grade and TAMPA scale. Spearman co-efficient between NPRS and TAMPA scale is 0.923, which indicates there is high positive (strong positive) correlation between NPRS and TAMPA scale. Spearman co-efficient between NPRS and KL grade is 0.784 which indicates there is moderate positive correlation between NPRS and KL grade. Conclusion: This study concludes that there is positive correlation between gradings of OA knee and kinesiophobia among teachers with OA knee. There is moderate positive correlation between gradings of OA and pain among teachers with OA knee. There is very high positive (Strong positive) correlation between kinesiophobia and pain among teachers with OA knee. Keywords: KL Gradings of OA Knee, OA knee, kinesiophobia, osteoarthritis