Dr. Vince Leone shares December 2025 epidemiological data showing knee osteoarthritis drives more clinical visits than any other musculoskeletal disorder, even though low back and neck pain are more common diagnoses. The data reveals chronic knee pain as a major health burden affecting a significant portion of the population.
Every month I gather research for our clients at Specialized Practice. And every final Tuesday of each month, I do about a half hour to an hour presentation of some of the latest research that pertains to what our doctors need to know. And this study was just December of 2025. And no surprise to anybody in our world, low back pain was the most common Diagnosis followed by cervicalgia, so low back and neck pain. But knee osteoarthritis had the highest estimated total number of visits. And so that is a— so behind low back and neck, right behind that, boom, you have chronic knee pain. And I think before we came on, you shared a couple of interesting stats about What percent of the population deals with chronic knee pain? Could you inform our listeners of that, Dr. Leone? Yeah, absolutely.
