Oh, my aching bones!
Tags: OSTEOARTHRITIS; OBESITY
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- Weighty news: high BMI is bad for your knees. Cohen, Sharon; Potera, Carol // Shape;Jan2004, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p64
Reports that people under 40 and overweight have a higher risk of developing potentially crippling knee osteoarthritis later in life according to a study, as of December 2004.
- Knee osteoarthritis and obesity. Coggon, D; Reading, I; Croft, P; McLaren, M; Barrett, D; Cooper, C // International Journal of Obesity & Related Metabolic Disorders;May2001, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p622
OBJECTIVES: To assess the risk of knee osteoarthritis (OA) attributable to obesity, and the interactions between obesity and other established causes of the disorder. METHODS: We performed a population-based case-control study in three health districts of England (Southampton, Portsmouth and...
- A rheumatologist's view of osteoarthritis. Dennison, Elaine; McCrae, Fiona // GP: General Practitioner;8/19/2002, p47
Provides information about osteoarthritis. Association of obesity with the condition; Recommendation to administer paracetamol in treating the disease; Benefit of topical therapies on patients with small-joint osteoarthritis.
- Using exercise to manage obesity and osteoarthritris. // Active Living;Jul2011, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p26
The article focuses on a study conducted by The Ottawa Panel and published in the journal "Physical Therapy," which suggests that land and aquatic-based physical activity combined with proper diet can help in the management of obesity and osteoarthritis.
- Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis. Felson, David T.; Anderson, Jennifer J.; Naimark, Allan; Walker, Alexander M.; Meenan, Robert F. // Annals of Internal Medicine;7/1/88, Vol. 109 Issue 1, p18
Focuses on a study conducted by the Framingham Heart Study using cohort analysis to determine whether obesity is the possible cause of knee osteoarthritis. Description of osteoarthritis; Difference in risks of getting osteoarthritis for both obese women and men; Observance of an association...
- new hope for Osteoarthritis. PONDROM, SUE // Arthritis Today;Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p66
The article offers the insights of researchers regarding osteoarthritis (OA). Newcastle University musculoskeletal research professor John Loughlin says that there are no genes that have a major impact in OA. University of Iowa Hospital head of orthopaedics and rehabilitation Joseph Buckwalter...
- Weight blamed for knee osteoarthritis. // Healthy Weight Journal;Sep/Oct95, Vol. 9 Issue 5, p85
Reports that the link between osteoarthritis of the knee and obesity is stronger than the link to percent body fat or waist-hip ratio based on the Baltimore Study of Aging. Stronger contribution of mechanical or weight-bearing factors than systemic or metabolic factors; Tendency of heavier...
- AT A GLANCE: Obesity and its management. // GP: General Practitioner;5/12/2003, p69
This article focuses on the obesity. A patient is defined as obese if their Basic Metabolic Index (BMI) is greater than 30. Worldwide, it is estimated that 1 billion people are either obese or overweight. Obesity is also a risk factor for reflux disease, gout, osteoarthritis and sleep apnoea....
- Disabling knee pain--another consequence of obesity: results from a prospective cohort study. Jinks, Clare; Jordan, Kelvin; Croft, Peter // BMC Public Health;2006, Vol. 6, p258
Background: Obesity is linked to knee osteoarthritis (OA) and knee pain. These are disabling problems that are more prevalent in older adults. No prospective study has estimated the impact of excess weight avoidance on the occurrence of knee pain in the general older population. The aim of this...
