Weight loss reduces knee-joint loads in overweight and obese older adults with knee osteoarthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2026-2032

  Messier, Stephen P ^a   Gutekunst, David J ^a   Davis, Cralen ^a   DeVita, Paul ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 22244480976     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21139     Document Type: Article

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