The Lequesne Algofunctional index is a questionnaire aimed at evaluating, by a health professional, the functional abilities and the discomfort felt by patients suffering from gonarthrosis or osteoarthritis of the hip.
- 0-4: Moderate handicap or no handicap.
- 5-7: Average handicap.
- 8-10: Significant handicap.
- 11-13: Very significant handicap.
- ≥ 14: Extreme, unbearable disability.
An index greater than or equal to 10 may be an indication for a prosthesis.
Osteoarthritis is the process of wearing down a joint. These are the famous “rheumatisms”, which reduce mobility and cause pain.
During aging in particular, the cartilages of the joints gradually lose their flexibility: their damping capacity is reduced, and the constraints linked to movement cause them to gradually crack.
A real public health problem, osteoarthritis can affect different parts of the body: the most common are the neck, lower back, hips, knees, hands and feet. 80% of people over 80 suffer from this pathology, compared to 3% of people under 45.
Osteoarthritis of the hip, coxarthrosis, is a chronic pathology, corresponding to a progressive wear of the cartilages of the coxo-femoral joint, located between the thigh and the pelvis. It accounts for 10% of osteoarthritis.
Its evolution can be slow, evolving over more than 10 years, or become disabling from the outset. It begins with a degeneration of the cartilage, then progressing to reach the entire joint.