KOOS - Scott Faucett, MD

Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)

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INSTRUCTIONS: This survey asks for your view about your knee. This information will help us keep track of how you feel about your knee and how well you are able to do your usual activities.

Answer every question by ticking the appropriate box. If you are unsure about how to answer a question, please give the best answer you can.


Symptoms - These questions should be answered thinking of your knee symptoms during the last week.
S1. Do you have swelling in your knee?
	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Always

S2. Do you feel grinding, hear clicking or any other type of noise when your knee moves?
	Never		Rarely		Sometimes		Often		Always

S3. Does your knee catch or hang up when moving?
	Never		Rarely		Sometimes		Often		Always

S4. Can you straighten your knee fully?
	Never		Rarely		Sometimes		Often		Always

S5. Can you bend your knee fully?
	Never		Rarely		Sometimes		Often		Always


Stiffness - The following questions concern the amount of joint stiffness you have experienced during the last week in your knee. Stiffness is a sensation of restriction or slowness in the ease with which you move your knee joint.
S6. How severe is your knee joint stiffness after first wakening in the morning?
	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Extreme

S7. How severe is your knee stiffness after sitting, lying or resting later in the day?
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

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Pain
P1. How often do you experience knee pain?
	Never	Monthly	Weekly	Daily	Always

What amount of knee pain have you experienced the last week during the following activities?
P2. Twisting/pivoting on your knee
	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Extreme

P3. Straightening knee fully
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

P4. Bending knee fully
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

P5. Walking on flat surface
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

P6. Going up or down stairs
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

P7. At night while in bed
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

P8. Sitting or lying
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

P9. Standing upright
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

Subtotal:


Function, daily living - The following questions concern your physical function. By this we mean your ability to move around and to look after yourself. For each of the following activities please indicate the degree of difficulty you have experienced in the last week due to your knee.
Al. Descending stairs
	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Extreme

A2. Ascending stairs
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

For each of the following activities please indicate the degree of difficulty you have experienced in the last week due to your knee.
A3. Rising from sitting
	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Extreme

A4. Standing
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A5. Bending to floor/pick up an object
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A6. Walking on flat surface
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A7. Getting in/out of car
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A8. Going shopping
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A9. Putting on socks/stockings
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A10. Rising from bed
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A11. Taking off socks/stockings
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A12. Lying in bed (turning over, maintaining knee position)
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A13. Getting in/out of bath
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A14. Sitting
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

A15. Getting on/off toilet
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

For each of the following activities please indicate the degree of difficulty you have experienced in the last week due to your knee
A16. Heavy domestic duties (moving heavy boxes, scrubbing floors, etc)
	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Always

A17. Light domestic duties (cooking, dusting, etc)
	Never		Rarely		Sometimes		Often		Always

Subtotal:


Function, sports and recreational activities - The following questions concern your physical function when being active on a higher level. The questions should be answered thinking of what degree of difficulty you have experienced during the last week due to your knee.
SP1. Squatting
	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Extreme

SP2. Running
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

SP3. Jumping
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

SP4. Twisting/pivoting on your injured knee
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

SP5. Kneeling
	None		Mild		Moderate		Severe		Extreme

Subtotal:


Quality of Life
Q1. How often are you aware of your knee problem?
	Never	Monthly	Weekly	Daily	Constantly

Q2. Have you modified your life style to avoid potentially damaging activities to your knee?
	Not at all		Mildly		Moderately		Severely		Totally

Q3. How much are you troubled with lack of confidence in your knee?
	Not at all		Mildly		Moderately		Severely		Extremely

Q4. In general, how much difficulty do you have with your knee?
	None		Mild		Moderately		Severe		Extreme

Subtotal:

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Reference for Score: Roos EM, Roos HP, Lohmander LS, Ekdahl C, Beynnon BD. Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)--development of a self-administered outcome measure. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1998 Aug;28(2):88-96. Link