Correlation between knee roentgenogram changes and clinical symptoms in osteoarthritis.

The main purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between clinical symptoms and roentgenographic changes in patients with incipient osteoarthritis of the knees (OA). One hundred and sixty-two patients (126 women, 36 men, mean age 59 years) with established osteoarthritis of the knee were examined. Patients performed subjective self-assessment using Lequesne's questionnaire (index of severity for OA of the knee) and had frontal and lateral roentgenograms of both knees.