Location of knee pain in medial knee osteoarthritis: patterns and associations with self-reported clinical symptoms

Only 16% of the cohort indicated isolated medial knee pain, whilst a diffuse pain pattern was most common. People with diffuse knee pain reported more severe pain and physical dysfunction than those with anterior-medial pain. Prevalence of possible/likely neuropathic-like symptoms tended to be more frequent in diffuse and posterior-medial patterns compared to anterior-medial pain.