SCR-LIP-000022 · Claim · machine-readable JSON →

Knee pain is a common musculoskeletal feature of lipedema, reported by 58.1% of women screening positive for lipedema in a Brazilian population study.

Claim at a glance
Type
clinical association
Knowledge state
Emerging
Evidence certainty
low (GRADE)
Evidence
1 source(s) · by Amato
Dates
2026-05-30 → 2026-05-30

Structured evidence, machine-compiled — not a verdict.

Evidence over time

2022Prevalência e fatores de risco para lipedema no Brasil — Amato et al. (2022) · consistent

Evidence (1)

Context (PECO)

PopulationBrazilian women screening positive for lipedema
Conditionlipedema
Exposurelipedema
Outcomeself-reported knee pain
Scopemusculoskeletal symptom prevalence

Answers these questions

Gaps & caveats

Self-reported via screening questionnaire; no imaging confirmation; no BMI-matched comparator.

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