Epidemiology of osteoarthritis: An update

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-15

  Issa, Sakeba N ^a   Sharma, Leena ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; ARTHROPATHY; BONE DENSITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; HEREDITY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; JOINT INJURY; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE PAIN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

AGE FACTORS; BONE DENSITY; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750523448     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-006-0019-1     Document Type: Review

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