ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2025
Clinical and radiological evaluation of osteoarthritis in knee pain patients and its association with inflammatory markers at MGM Medical College Hospital, Jamshedpur.
Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Mental health needs of patients with osteoarthritis based on a preference perspective: a mixed-methods study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Context: Knee osteoarthritis, a global joint disorder, affects 22%-39% of the population, with a higher incidence in India among women aged 65 and above. Biochemical markers like cytokines could help detect and treat the disease, potentially reducing socioeconomic costs and enabling a transition from degenerative to mechanical stress-induced disease. Aims: To investigate the epidemiology of osteoarthritis in knee pain in adults, its clinical and radiological evaluation, and its association with inflammatory markers. Settings and Design: The Department of Orthopaedics at MGMMCH, Jamshedpur, conducted this cross-sectional study. Methods and Material: The study analyzed 170 patients with knee OA symptoms from August 2023 to February 2024, using the KOOS Knee Survey clinical criteria. We used the Kellgren and Lawrence scale for radiological diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis. Statistical Analysis Used: The study utilized descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and bivariate Spearman's correlation, with statistical significance determined by Results: We found that the overall prevalence of knee Osteoarthritis was 70%. We discovered that 59.4% of us were male. The majority were aged 40-49 (32%), 50-59 (25.3%), and 30-39 (14.1%). The grade of knee pain showed a statistically significant strong positive correlation ( Conclusions: Knee osteoarthritis is prevalent in younger individuals, with males more affected. Elevated IL6, IL1β, and TNFα levels in meniscectomy patients increase osteoarthritis risk, potentially aiding targeted treatment.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.