A study on knee osteoarthritis in physical medicine and rehabilitation department, Rangpur Medical College

Authors

  • Mohammad Moniruzzaman Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Muhammad Alamgir Mandal Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, KYAMCH, Sirajgonj
  • Md Ariful Islam Registrar, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Rangpur
  • Md Ashraful Haque Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Rangpur
  • Md Ahsan Ullah Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka
  • Syed Mozaffar Ahmed Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka
  • Md Habibur Rahman Professor & Head, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabiliation, National Institute of Traumatology and Rehabilitation (NITOR), Dhaka
  • Md Zakir Hossain Principal & Head, Department of Medicine, Bogra Medical College Hospital, Bogra
  • Md Masudur Rahman Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, KYAMCH, Sirajgonj

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/kyamcj.v8i2.35698

Keywords:

Clinical grading and Radiological changes, Demographic, OA knee

Abstract

Background: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PMR) Department has also been trying to provide services with specialized outdoor (referred patient only) set up for twenty million people of Rangpur division.

Objectives: Study is to know the demographic study, clinical grading, examination findings and radiological changes of Knee osteoarthritis.

Materials & Methods: It was an observational study. This study was done on referred patients of Knee osteoarthritis in PMR specialized outdoor of RpMCH from 20th September, 2012 to 20th October; 2012. The objective of this study is to know the demographic study, clinical grading, examination findings and radiological changes of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Consecutive sampling technique was adopted and total 34 samples were taken.

Results: Among 30 study population, 4 (13.3%) were male, 26 (86.7%) were female and male: female ratio was 0.15 (Table I). The mean age was 52.20±9.572 (standard deviation) and P value was 0.000. Regarding Occupation, 18 (60%) were housewife, 10 (33.3%) were sedentary worker and 2 (6.7%) were businessmen (P value 0.002) (Table IV). Among the study population, 18 (60.0%) had both knee joint OA, 8 (26.7%) had right knee joint OA and 4 (13.3%) had left knee OA. The mean duration of knee joint pain was 25.33 ± 37.570 (standard deviation) month (P value 0.001) (Table VII). Among the study population, 4 (13.3%) had diabetes mellitus, 6 (20.0%) had hypertension, 2 (6.7%) had hypertension with ischemic heart disease and 2 (6.7%) had diabetes mellitus with hypertension with bronchial asthma and 16 (53.3%) were normotensive and nondiabetic (Figure 1). According to clinical grading of knee OA, 2 (6.7%) were in grade-1a, 6 (20%) were in grade-1b, 2 (6.7%) were in grade-2a, 4 (13.3%) were in grade-2b, 8 (26.7%) were in grade-3b, 8 (26.7%) were in grade-4 (P value 0.180 ) (Figure 2).

Conclusion: This study reveals that clinically more advanced OA patients actually carrying early radiological changes.

KYAMC Journal Vol. 8, No.-2, Jan 2018, Page 18-23

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Published

2018-02-19

How to Cite

Moniruzzaman, M., Mandal, M. A., Islam, M. A., Haque, M. A., Ullah, M. A., Ahmed, S. M., Rahman, M. H., Hossain, M. Z., & Rahman, M. M. (2018). A study on knee osteoarthritis in physical medicine and rehabilitation department, Rangpur Medical College. KYAMC Journal, 8(2), 18–23. https://doi.org/10.3329/kyamcj.v8i2.35698

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Original Articles