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- Title
Contribution of Infrapatellar Fat Pad and Synovial Membrane to Knee Osteoarthritis Pain.
- Authors
Belluzzi, Elisa; Stocco, Elena; Pozzuoli, Assunta; Granzotto, Marnie; Porzionato, Andrea; Vettor, Roberto; De Caro, Raffaele; Ruggieri, Pietro; Ramonda, Roberta; Rossato, Marco; Favero, Marta; Macchi, Veronica
- Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of joint disease and a major cause of pain and disability in the adult population. Interestingly, there are patients with symptomatic OA displaying pain, while patients with asymptomatic OA that do not experience pain but show radiographic signs of joint damage. Pain is a complex experience integrating sensory, affective, and cognitive processes related to several peripheral and central nociceptive factors besides inflammation. During the last years, the role of infrapatellar fat pad (IFP), other than the synovial membrane, has been investigated as a potential source of pain in OA. Interestingly, new findings suggest that IFP and synovial membrane might act as a functional unit in OA pathogenesis and pain. The present review discuss the role of IFP and synovial membrane in the development of OA, with a particular focus on pain onset and the possible involved mediators that may play a role in OA pathology and pain mechanisms. Inflammation of IFP and synovial membrane may drive peripheral and central sensitization in KOA. Since sensitization is associated with pain severity in knee OA and may potentially contribute to the transition from acute to chronic, persistent pain in knee OA, preventing sensitization would be a potentially effective and novel means of preventing worsening of pain in knee OA.
- Subjects
ADIPOSE tissues; AGE factors in disease; CHRONIC pain; INFLAMMATION; KNEE diseases; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTORS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL membranes; PATELLAR tendon; SEVERITY of illness index; KNEE pain; PREVENTION
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2019, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2019/6390182