Observational Study
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World J Orthop. Mar 18, 2017; 8(3): 278-285
Published online Mar 18, 2017. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v8.i3.278
Relationship between biological factors and catastrophizing and clinical outcomes for female patients with knee osteoarthritis
Tatsunori Ikemoto, Hirofumi Miyagawa, Yukiko Shiro, Young-Chang Park Arai, Machiko Akao, Kenta Murotani, Takahiro Ushida, Masataka Deie
Tatsunori Ikemoto, Hirofumi Miyagawa, Young-Chang Park Arai, Takahiro Ushida, Institute of Physical Fitness, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
Yukiko Shiro, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagoya Gakuin University, Seto, Aichi 480-1298, Japan
Machiko Akao, Masataka Deie, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
Kenta Murotani, Division of Biostatistics, Clinical Research Center Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan
Author contributions: Ikemoto T had conceived this research; Ikemoto T and Miyagawa H contributed equally to this work; Ikemoto T, Ushida T and Deie M did the research design; Ikemoto T, Miyagawa H and Akao M participated in the collection of the data; Ikemoto T, Shiro Y, Murotani K and Arai YCP contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data; Ikemoto T, Shiro Y and Arai YCP prepared a first manuscript and a revised manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study received ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee of Aichi Medical University, Japan (No. 12-101).
Informed consent statement: Prior to study enrollment, each subject was fully informed by the investigator 1: that content of this study and 2: that the personal information of the subject would be kept confidential.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
Data sharing statement: There are no additional data available.
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Correspondence to: Tatsunori Ikemoto, MD, PhD, Institute of Physical Fitness, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Aichi Medical University, 1-1 yazako karimata, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan. tatsunon31-ik@umin.ac.jp
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Received: October 13, 2016
Peer-review started: October 19, 2016
First decision: November 14, 2016
Revised: November 27, 2016
Accepted: December 13, 2016
Article in press: December 14, 2016
Published online: March 18, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: Plenty of previous studies have focused on biological factors such as aging, gender, body mass index, ethnicity and history of knee injury for knee pain in cases where there was a discordant relationship between radiographic severity and symptoms in knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, in the present study, we found that pain catastrophizing thought was highly associated with knee-related clinical outcomes, irrespective of radiographic severity, for female patients with knee OA, especially pain severity and quality of life.