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Disease-a-Month, 2006 Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of disability and source of societal cost in older adults. With an ageing and increasingly obese population, this syndrome is becoming even more prevalent than in previous decades.
D. Hunter, S. Bierma-Zeinstra
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder, is associated with an increasing socioeconomic impact owing to the ageing population and mainly affects the diarthrodial joints. Primary OA results from a combination of risk factors, with increasing age and obesity being the most prominent.
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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2014 Osteoarthritis is nowadays one of the most frequent chronic diseases and, with the increase in life expectancy, both its prevalence and incidence is expected to rise. This condition is progressive and leads to functional decline and loss in quality of life, with important health care and society costs.
Duarte Pereira +2 more
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Medicine, 2010 Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of joint disease, and its impact is set to grow as the prevalence of obesity rises and the elderly population increases. Many clinicians regard OA as simply a disease of ‘wear and tear’, and by implication one in which disease modification is not possible.
Vincent, TL, Watt, FE
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Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 2020 Summary: Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate how social housing with high locomotion activity affects experimental osteoarthritis (OA) in rats.
C. Brenneis +5 more
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Cytokines and Chemokines Involved in Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Osteoarthritis is a common cause of disability worldwide. Although commonly referred to as a disease of the joint cartilage, osteoarthritis affects all joint tissues equally.
Vilim Molnar +18 more
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Subchondral bone microenvironment in osteoarthritis and pain
Bone Research, 2021 Osteoarthritis comprises several joint disorders characterized by articular cartilage degeneration and persistent pain, causing disability and economic burden.
Yan Hu +4 more
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Recent Updates of Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment on Osteoarthritis of the Knee
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative and chronic joint disease characterized by clinical symptoms and distortion of joint tissues. It primarily damages joint cartilage, causing pain, swelling, and stiffness around the joint.
S. Jang, Kijun Lee, J. Ju
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Diagnostics, 2021 Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease of the world population. Although considered a disease of old age, OA also affects young individuals and, more specifically among them, those practicing knee-joint-loading sports. Predicting OA at
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