Efficacy of Knee Osteo-arthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) in Measuring Functional Status of Knee Osteo-arthritis Patients in the Indian Population

Knee osteoarthritis is the most common disease encountered in the Physical Therapy Clinic. The main outcomes of Physiotherapy treatment is based on symptomatic pain relief along with prevention of deterioration of the functional capacity and improvement in ADL. But measurement tools usually measure these abspects as separate identities. KOOS as a tool, measures all these aspects in a comprehensive manner. This study compares KOOS and WOMAC, and estalishes the reliability of the best scale.

Objectives: To find out the efficacy of KOOS over WOMAC in assessing the functional status of the knee OA patients in the Indian population.

Methods: 30 subjects included in the study based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Both groups were made to fill two questionnaires, WOMAC and KOOS. Results: Data analysis, it was found that KOOS and WOMAC were positively correlating.

Conclusion: It was concluded that KOOS can also be used in the clinical as well as functional assessment of Knee OA in the Indian Population.