Reduced quadriceps strength relative to body weight: A risk factor for knee osteoarthritis in women?

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1951-1959

  Slemenda, Charles ^a   Heilman, Douglas K ^a   Brandt, Kenneth D ^a   Katz, Barry P ^a   Mazzuca, Steven A ^a,b   Braunstein, Ethan M ^a   Byrd, Donna ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indiana Univ Multipurpose AMDC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031791665     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199811)41:11<1951::AID-ART9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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