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Table 2 Clinical and imaging diagnoses of participants (n = 179)

From: Diagnostic validity and triage concordance of a physiotherapist compared to physicians’ diagnoses for common knee disorders

  n (%)
Primary clinical composite diagnoses
 Anterior cruciate ligament injury 8 (5)
 Meniscal injury 36 (20)
 Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome 45 (25)
 Osteoarthritis 79 (44)
 Other knee diagnoses 11 (6)
Imaging findings and diagnoses
 Osteoarthritis 96 (56)
  K-L Grade 1 14 (15)
  K-L Grade 2 36 (38)
  K-L Grade 3 19 (20)
  K-L Grade 4 13 (14)
 Meniscal tears (n) 54 (32)
  Medial meniscus 49 (91)
  Lateral meniscus 8 (15)
 Anterior cruciate ligament tears 16 (9)
  Complete 6 (37)
  Partial 8 (50)
  Unclear 2 (13)
 Posterior cruciate ligament tear 1 (1)
 Soleus tear 1 (1)
 Hamstring tendinopathy 2 (1)
 Medial collateral ligament tear 1 (1)
  1. SD standard deviation; Clinical diagnoses are composite diagnoses made by physicians using both musculoskeletal examination and imaging; Others knee diagnoses included: contusion of the tibial plateau (n = 2), PCL tear (n = 1), soleus tear (n = 1), psychosomatic origin (n = 1), muscular spasms linked to multiple sclerosis (n = 1), hamstring tendinopathy (n = 3), medial collateral ligament injury (n = 1), functional instability without meniscal or ACL injury (n = 1); Imaging diagnoses are based on imaging studies using radiograph or magnetic resonance imaging; Grades are for Kellgren-Lawrence scale in the most affected compartment; Radiographic OA was defined as K-L≥ 1
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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