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Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) - Validation of a Swedish version

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Summary, in English

The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is a self-administered instrument measuring outcome after knee injury at impairment, disability, and handicap level in five subscales. Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a Swedish version was assessed in 142 patients who underwent arthroscopy because of injury to the menisci, anterior cruciate ligament, or cartilage of the knee. The clinimetric properties were found to be good and comparable to the American version of the KOOS. Comparison to the Short Form-36 and the Lysholm knee scoring scale revealed expected correlations and construct validity. Item by item, symptoms and functional limitations were compared between diagnostic groups. High responsiveness was found three months after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for all subscales but Activities of Daily Living.

Publishing year

1998-12

Language

English

Pages

439-448

Publication/Series

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

Volume

8

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Orthopedics

Keywords

  • Anterior cruciate ligament
  • Knee
  • Meniscus
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Outcome
  • Reliability
  • Responsiveness
  • Validity

Status

Published

Research group

  • Human Movement: health and rehabilitation

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0905-7188