Robertson, CJ; Hurley, M; Jones, F
(2017)
People's beliefs about the meaning of crepitus in patellofemoral pain and the impact of these beliefs on their behaviour: A qualitative study.
Musculoskelet Sci Pract, 28.
pp. 59-64.
ISSN 2468-7812
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2017.01.012
SGUL Authors: Jones, Fiona
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A feature of patellofemoral pain is joint crepitus. Several causes of crepitus have been described, but previous research has focused on the pathological meaning of crepitus. No research has demonstrated a definitive link between noise and pathology and its importance and meaning to patients is unresearched. OBJECTIVE: To explore the beliefs of patients with non-osteoarthritic patellofemoral pain regarding their crepitus, and how this impacts on their behaviour. DESIGN: Qualitative design using semi-structured interviews. METHOD: A general inductive approach was used as this is a previously unresearched topic. Underpinned by the health beliefs model, an interview schedule was used to reflect different elements. Inductive thematic analysis was used to generate themes to represent the dataset. Participants were 11 patients diagnosed with non-osteoarthritic patellofemoral pain, crepitus as one of their symptoms, referred to an outpatient clinic. RESULTS/FINDINGS: Three key themes emerged all with sub-themes within them. Firstly, belief about the noise had a sub-theme of search for and perceived meaning of noise. Symbolising ageing was another sub-theme whereby participants described feelings of premature ageing. The final sub-theme was emotional response with participants feeling a range of negative emotions. The second theme of the influence of others reveals participants describing two distinctly different relationships, one with friends and family and one with professionals. The final theme was avoiding the noise. A sub-theme of altering movement shows participants describing fear-avoidant behaviour. CONCLUSION: Crepitus is a poorly understood symptom that creates negative emotions, inaccurate etiological beliefs and ultimately leads to altered behaviour.
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Article
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Additional Information: |
© 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Keywords: |
Culture, Fear, Health beliefs, Patellofemoral pain, Adult, Fear, Female, Health Behavior, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Noise, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Qualitative Research, Recurrence, Young Adult, Humans, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Recurrence, Health Behavior, Fear, Noise, Qualitative Research, Adult, Middle Aged, Female, Male, Young Adult, Patellofemoral pain, Culture, Fear, Health beliefs |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH) |
Journal or Publication Title: |
Musculoskelet Sci Pract |
ISSN: |
2468-7812 |
Language: |
eng |
Dates: |
Date | Event |
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4 February 2017 | Published | 2 February 2017 | Published Online | 27 January 2017 | Accepted |
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Publisher License: |
Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 |
PubMed ID: |
28171780 |
Web of Science ID: |
WOS:000417247400014 |
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URI: |
https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/115304 |
Publisher's version: |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2017.01.012 |
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