Pain in the Forecast: Investigating Weather Sensitivity Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
- Did you experience weather-related hip pain prior to your knee replacement?
- Do you experience weather-related hip pain since your knee replacement?
- Rate the pain before and after on a scale of 0–10, with 0 indicating no pain; 1–3 indicating mild pain; 4–7 indicating moderate pain; and ≥8 indicating severe pain.
- How often do you experience weather-related hip pain?
- What time of day do you experience weather-related hip pain?
- What type of weather brings on the pain?
- Do you have weather pain in other joints, if so, which? Are they known to have arthritis?
- Do you live in an urban community?
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Clinical Characteristics | Total | Male | Female | Chi2 * | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex, n (%) | 36 (30) | 85 (70) | 0.084 and <0.001 | ||
Side, n (%) | 0.883 and 0.509 | ||||
Left | 58 (48) | 20 (56) | 38 (45) | ||
Right | 63 (52) | 16 (44) | 47 (55) | ||
Age (years) | 75 ± 7 | 74 ± 7 | 75 ± 7 | ||
Height (m) | 1.65 ± 0.08 | 1.73 ± 0.09 | 1.62 ± 0.08 | ||
Weight (lbs) | 181 ± 36 | 195 ± 36 | 176 ± 36 | ||
Body Mass Index, kg/m2 | 30 ± 5.5 | 29.6 ±5.5 | 30.5 ±5.5 | ||
Diagnosis, n (%) | 0.458 and 0.300 | ||||
Osteoarthritis | 112 (93) | 33 (92) | 79 (93) | ||
Pseudogout | 2 (2) | 0 | 2 (2) | ||
Rheumatoid Arthritis | 5 (4) | 1 (3) | 4 (5) | ||
Traumatic Arthritis | 2 (2) | 2 (6) | 0 |
Clinical Characteristics | Total | Male | Female | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex, n (%) | 7 (19) | 30 (81) | ||
Side, n (%) | ||||
Left | 18 (49) | 5 (28) | 13 (72) | |
Right | 19 (51) | 2 (11) | 17 (89) | |
Age (years) | 75 ± 7 | 71 ± 3 | 76 ± 6 | |
Height (m) | 1.67 ± 0.09 | 1.81 ± 0.07 | 1.63 ± 0.04 | |
Weight (lbs) | 181 ± 36 | 210 ± 35 | 178 ± 47 | |
Body Mass Index, kg/m2 | 29.5 ± 5.5 | 30.1 ± 5.5 | 30.6 ± 5.5 | |
Diagnosis, n (%) | ||||
Osteoarthritis | 36 (97) | 7 (100) | 29 (97) | |
Pseudogout | 1 (3) | 0 | 1 (3) |
Sex | Weather-Related Pain Before Surgery | Pearson Chi-Square (p-Value) | Weather-Related Pain After Surgery | Pearson Chi-Square (p-Value) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
Male | 7 | 29 | 11.764 (0.03) | 2 | 34 | 16.695 (<0.001) |
Female | 30 | 42 | 37 | 48 |
Frequency | Type of Weather Causing WRP | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WRP | All the time | Continuous | Intermittent | Cold | Rain | Humidity |
Pre-surgery (37 knees) | 0 | 4 | 33 | 12/37 (32%) | 28/37 (76%) | 30/37 (81%) |
Post-Surgery (39 knees) | 0 | 2 | 37 | 10/39 (26%) | 21/39 (54%) | 31/39 (80%) |
No WRP Preop | WRP Preop | p-Value | No WRP Postop | WRP Postop | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical | 52.9 ± 12 | 51.2 ± 10.5 | 0.471 | 79.2 ±9.3 | 81.7 ± 2.7 | 0.125 |
Functional | 58 ± 13.5 | 59.9 ± 8.4 | 0.425 | 88.8 ± 15.2 | 92 ± 6.7 | 0.235 |
WOMAC Pain | 9.7 ± 3.4 | 11 ± 3 | 0.046 | 0.1 ± 0.6 | 0.4 ± 1.7 | 0.149 |
WOMAC Stiffness | 4.3 ± 1.6 | 5.1 ± 1.2 | 0.012 | 0.01 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.5 | 0.098 |
WOMAC Physical Function | 32.5 ±10.2 | 37.3 ± 11.4 | 0.024 | 0.9 ± 3.3 | 1.6 ± 4.4 | 0.345 |
SF12 PCS | 34.9 ± 6.1 | 33.1 ± 6.5 | 0.151 | 53.3 ± 2.5 | 53.3 ± 3.5 | 0.983 |
SF12 MCS | 49.7 ± 8.5 | 52 ± 8.1 | 0.179 | 56.9 ± 2.8 | 56.5 ± 2.6 | 0.497 |
UCLA | 4.2 ± 1.6 | 3.8 ± 1.2 | 0.136 | 5.7 ± 1 | 5.5 ± 1 | 0.490 |
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Tanzer, M.; Laverdiere, C.; Elmasry, W.; Hart, A. Pain in the Forecast: Investigating Weather Sensitivity Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Life 2025, 15, 847. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15060847
Tanzer M, Laverdiere C, Elmasry W, Hart A. Pain in the Forecast: Investigating Weather Sensitivity Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Life. 2025; 15(6):847. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15060847
Chicago/Turabian StyleTanzer, Michael, Carl Laverdiere, Wassim Elmasry, and Adam Hart. 2025. "Pain in the Forecast: Investigating Weather Sensitivity Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty" Life 15, no. 6: 847. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15060847
APA StyleTanzer, M., Laverdiere, C., Elmasry, W., & Hart, A. (2025). Pain in the Forecast: Investigating Weather Sensitivity Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Life, 15(6), 847. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15060847