ArticleOsteoarthritis and cartilage open2023
Measures of sleep are not routinely captured in trials assessing treatment outcomes in knee osteoarthritis - A scoping systematic review and call to action.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sleep disturbances and sleep quality among individuals diagnosed with osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Sleep measurement and clinical impact in osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis: a scoping review.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Nocturnal pain and pain sensitivity-related symptoms are associated with poor sleep quality in patients with hip osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2026Article
- Determinants of six-minute walk test performance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2026Article
- The Effect of Dry Needling on Sleep Quality in Individuals With Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders.Pain research & management · 2026Review
- Sleep Measurement in Osteoarthritis and Inflammatory Arthritis: A Systematic Scoping Review Protocol.Musculoskeletal care · 2025Article
- Application and effects of a self-management program for patients with knee osteoarthritis.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The associations between sleep problems and pain outcomes in people with hand osteoarthritis - Data from the Nor-hand study.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2025Article
- Brain functional imaging contributions in osteoarthritis-related pain: A viewpoint.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2025Article
- Measures of sleep are not routinely captured in trials assessing treatment outcomes in knee osteoarthritis - A scoping systematic review and call to action.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2023Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Objective: To identify and map the extent to which trials for pain interventions in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA) track measures of sleep, characterize the type of sleep measure assessed, and assess their influence on pain-related effect sizes. Design: A scoping review was conducted, searching seven bibliometric databases from 2000 to 2022. We included all randomized controlled trials with a primary purpose of assessing non-surgical pain management interventions for adults with knee OA. All non-surgical interventions and any comparator or control were included. Demographic data were pooled from all trials. Results: 926 trials conducted in 61 countries met eligibility. Nineteen trials (2.1%) recorded some form of sleep assessment. Eleven trials (1.2%) assessed a formal index of sleep disturbance collected at multiple time points. No trials formally assessed the influence of sleep on the primary pain outcome (e.g., as a potential mediator), nor met the most recent guidelines for core data element recommendations regarding sleep assessment. Conclusion: This review highlights the paucity of sleep data captured and reported in randomized controlled trials for knee OA. The vast majority of trials addressing symptomatic knee OA do not capture sleep measures, significantly limiting the ability to accurately determine an intervention's effect on pain. Future research should include formal sleep-centric assessments measured at multiple time points to analyze sleep dysfunction and its relationship on treatment effects.
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