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Course and Prognosis of Knee Complaints in General Practice by Johanna M. van der Waal; Sandra D. M. Bot; Caroline B. Terwee; Daniëlle A. W. M. van der Windt; Rob J. P. M. Scholten; Lex M. Bouter; Joost Dekker is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Objective Patients frequently present with knee complaints in general practice. Information about the course and prognosis of knee complaints is needed to inform patients and facilitate decisions on referral and treatment. The objective of the study was to assess the course of knee complaints and to identify predictors of outcome in patients visiting their general practitioner with a new episode of knee complaints. ## Methods Data were collected by means of self‐administered questionnaires. After 3 and 12 months of followup, the following outcomes were assessed: perceived recovery, change in pain, and change in physical functioning. As potential predictors of outcome, several sociodemographic variables, characteristics of the symptom, baseline scores of the outcome measures, and intra‐ and extra‐individual variables were analyzed using multiple regression analyses. ## Results We included 251 patients with a new episode of knee complaints presented in general practice. Only 25% reported recovery after 3 months, increasing to 44% after 12 months. A history of knee complaints, a longer duration of the current episode of knee complaints, other coexisting musculoskeletal

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Author

Johanna M. van der Waal; Sandra D. M. Bot; Caroline B. Terwee; Daniëlle A. W. M. van der Windt; Rob J. P. M. Scholten; Lex M. Bouter; Joost Dekker

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0004-3591)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)