Open AccessAssociation Between Central Sensitization and Increasing Prevalence of Nocturnal Knee Pain in the General Population with Osteoarthritis from the Iwaki Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Eiji Sasaki,
Seiya Ota,
Daisuke Chiba,
Yuka Kimura,
Shizuka Sasaki,
Masataka Andô,
Yuji Yamamoto,
Eiichi Tsuda,
Yasuyuki Ishibashi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s318038
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoarthritis , pittsburgh sleep quality index , cohort , knee pain , nocturnal , physical therapy , population , body mass index , cohort study , cross sectional study , sleep quality , pathology , insomnia , psychiatry , alternative medicine , environmental health
Knee pain is associated with osteoarthritis (OA) and increases during this condition; however, its correlation with central sensitization (CS) in arthritis patients requires greater understanding. The present cross-sectional cohort study to explore the prevalence of knee OA, nocturnal knee pain and disability in general population and to examine the association of CS with sleep quality in Japanese general population.