Prevalence of chronic knee pain in children and adolescents in northern Finland

• Published in: Acta Paediatrica
• Main Author: Vahasarja, V
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1995
• Subjects: Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13760.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1651-2227.1995.tb13760.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13760.x

A questionnaire was sent to 967 schoolchildren, in two age groups, in northern Finland in order to investigate the prevalence of chronic knee pain. A response rate of 88.5% was achieved. Adolescents (aged 14‐15 years) had significantly more knee pain (p < 0.0001) than children (aged 9‐10 years). The total prevalence of chronic knee pain at the time of the evaluation was 18.5% among adolescents and 3.9% among children. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of chronic knee pain between boys and girls in these age groups. Overweight was not a predisposing factor in chronic knee pain. Child, knee, pain