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Association of Obesity, Parity, and History of Knee Injury with Knee Osteoarthritis in Female

Althea Medical Journal, 2015
Background: Osteoarthritis is the most joint disorder among elderly. There are a lot of risk factors of knee osteoarthritis. Obesity and high frequent of parity can increase the load on knee joint.
Ade Triyadi, Riardi Pramudiyo, Januarsih Iwan A. R.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Future directions for the management of pain in osteoarthritis. [PDF]

, 2014
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the predominant form of arthritis worldwide, resulting in a high degree of functional impairment and reduced quality of life owing to chronic pain. To date, there are no treatments that are known to modify disease progression of OA
Aigner T, Anasuya Kuttapitiya, Balanescu AR, Bannuru RR, Chou R, da Costa BR, Danielsson L, Fanelli A, Fransen M, Haviv B, Huskisson EC, Lim YZ, Mankin HJ, McAlindon TE, Merlotti D, Nguyen US, Nidhi Sofat, Pelletier JP, Sagar DR, Sellers RS, Sofat N, Tannenbaum H, Wajed J, Wakitani S   +23 more
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Factors associated with balance function in patients with knee osteoarthritis: An integrative review

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2017
This integrative review is to identify the factors associated with balance function in patients with knee osteoarthritis and explore the relationship between these factors and balance function. Osteoarthritis commonly occurs in elderly people.
Congying Liu, Qiaoqin Wan, Weijiao Zhou, Xiaolin Feng, Shaomei Shang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knee osteoarthritis and obesity

International Journal of Obesity, 2001
To assess the risk of knee osteoarthritis (OA) attributable to obesity, and the interactions between obesity and other established causes of the disorder.We performed a population-based case-control study in three health districts of England (Southampton, Portsmouth and North Staffordshire).
Coggon, D., Reading, I., Croft, P., McLaren, M., Barrett, D.S., Cooper, C.   +5 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Global Gene Expression Analysis Identifies Age-Related Differences in Knee Joint Transcriptome during the Development of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis in Mice. [PDF]

, 2020
Aging and injury are two major risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA). Yet, very little is known about how aging and injury interact and contribute to OA pathogenesis.
Christiansen, Blaine A, Hum, Nicholas R, Loots, Gabriela G, McCool, Jillian L, Mendez, Melanie E, Murugesh, Deepa K, Rios-Arce, Naiomy D, Sebastian, Aimy   +7 more
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A randomized controlled trial of teriparatide for accelerating bone union and improving clinical outcomes in patients with pertrochanteric fracture fixation

Scientific Reports
This prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial evaluated the effects of teriparatide following pertrochanteric fracture fixation on bone healing and clinical outcomes.
Chotetawan Tanavalee, Srihatach Ngarmukos, Chavarin Amarase, Saran Tantavisut, Nonn Jaruthien, Aree Tanavalee   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experience of living with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review of qualitative studies

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives Systematically review the qualitative literature on living with knee osteoarthritis from patient and carer perspectives.Design Systematic review of qualitative studies. Five electronic databases (CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus)
Nicholas F Taylor, Samantha Bunzli, Jason A Wallis, Nora Shields   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is home-based, high-intensity interval training cycling feasible and safe for patients with knee osteoarthritis? Study protocol for a randomized pilot study [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease affecting the knee joint of many middle-aged and older adults. As OA symptoms typically involve knee pain and stiffness, individuals with knee OA are often insufficiently physically active ...
Grigg, Josephine, Keogh, Justin W.L., Vertullo, Christopher J.   +2 more
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Chronic Pain in Parkinson’s Disease: Prevalence, Sex Differences, Regional Anatomy and Comorbidities

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Chronic pain affected 66.2% of 10,631 individuals with Parkinson's disease, with higher prevalence and severity in females. Pain most often involved the buttocks, lower back, neck, and knees, and was linked to depression, sleep disorders, and osteoarthritis.
Natalia S. Ogonowski, Freddy Chafota, Fangyuan Cao, Amanda Wei Yin Lim, Victor Flores‐Ocampo, Santiago Díaz‐Torres, Zuriel Ceja, Luis M. García‐Marín, Scott F. Farrell, Kishore R. Kumar, Jane Alty, George D. Mellick, Trung Thành Ngô, Miguel E. Rentería   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paracetamol in osteoarthritis of the knee [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2004
Paracetamol is a recommended symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), but in clinical trials sample sizes have been relatively small and variable daily doses of paracetamol have been used.To determine the therapeutic efficacy of paracetamol in OA of the knee and identify predictive factors of clinical response to treatment.A double blind, parallel
N. Schmidely, C Miceli-Richard, M. Le Bars, Maxime Dougados   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources