Oxford knee score
The Oxford Knee Score (OKS) is a Patient Reported Outcome questionnaire that was developed to specifically assess the patient's perspective of outcome following Total Knee Arthroplasty. The OKS has subsequently been validated for use in assessing other non-surgical therapies applied to those suffering from issues with the knee.[1] The OKS consists of twelve questions covering function and pain associated with the knee. It was designed and developed by researchers within the department of Public Health and Primary Health Care[2] at the University of Oxford in association with surgical colleagues at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.[3] The benefit to this questionnaire is that it is short, practical, reliable, valid and sensitive to clinically important changes over time.[4]
The Oxford Knee Score is owned, managed and supported by Isis Outcomes, an activity within Isis Innovation Ltd, the Technology Transfer Company for the University of Oxford.
References
- ^ Xie F, Ye H, Zhang Y, Liu X, Lei T, Li SC (2011). "Extension from inpatients to outpatients: validity and reliability of the Oxford Knee Score in measuring health outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis". Int J Rheum Dis. 14 (2): 206–10. doi:10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01580.x. PMID 21518321.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
- ^ Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
- ^ Dawson, J; Fitzpatrick R; Murray D; Carr A (January 1998). "Questionnaire on the perceptions of patients about total knee replacement". Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 80 (1): 63–69. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.80B1.7859. PMID 9460955.