Use of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcomes Survey (KOOS) in a Normal US Population

Objectives:Patient-reported outcome instruments are frequently used for assessing clinical outcomes after injury and surgery. Previously reported normative data for the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Survey (KOOS) instrument is limited to a narrow subset of ages and has not accounted for a history of knee injury.Methods:The KOOS was administered to 1000 patients or accompanying family members who presented to an outpatient orthopaedic clinic in a suburban metropolitan city for an orthopaedic issue unrelated to their knee in July 2014. Participants were eligible if they self-reported a medical history negative for ankle, knee, or hip surgery. KOOS scale means, standard deviations, medians, ranges, interquartile ranges, and percentiles were calculated by sex, age range, laterality, and history of knee injury in the past year. Non-parametric statistical analysis was used to evaluate differences in KOOS scale scores between five age ranges and between those with or without a history of knee injury.Res...