The following are the most important diseases or complications that can be caused by gonarthrosis (knee osteoarthritis) as well:
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).
- Arthritis (inflammation of the joints)
- Movement restriction
- Joint malpositions
- Contractures – permanent shortening of the muscles with resulting joint constraint.
- Ankle arthritis, ipsilateral (on the same side) in 31% of cases with gonarthrosis.
Psyche – Nervous System (F00-F99; G00-G99).
- Insomnia (sleep disorders)
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
- Chronic pain