Is quadriceps muscle weakness a risk factor for incident or progressive knee osteoarthritis?

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 44-50

  Segal, Neil A ^a   Glass, Natalie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee; Osteoarthritis; Quadriceps; Risk factor; Strength

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856721596     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2011.11.1938     Document Type: Article

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