title: [Clinical and radiographic status of patients in the ECHODIAH study who underwent THA Pertinence of the pain-function index for operative decision making].
abstract: METHODS
  The ECHODIAH study conducted to evaluate the chondromodulator effect of diacerein on the osteoarthritic hip joint has provided epidemiological data on patient symptoms at three-month intervals. Patients with degenerative hip joints evaluated their pain and handicap on visual analog scales. The Lequesne functional score was also determined. A radiographic study was performed every year.
  Among the 507 patients included in the study, 135 underwent total hip arthroplasty. Clinical and radiological evaluations of the operated patients demonstrated that the Lequesne functional score was the best predictive factor with an optimal cutoff at 12 points. The second best predictive factor was the radiographic measurement of the joint space.
authors.affiliation: 31-33 rue Guilleminot Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lequesne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taccoen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification; D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; C025292:diacerein