Weight loss is effective for symptomatic relief in obese subjects with knee osteoarthritis independently of joint damage severity assessed by high-field MRI and radiography

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 495-502

  Gudbergsen, H ^a   Boesen, M ^a   Lohmander, L S ^b,c   Christensen, R ^a,c   Henriksen, M ^a   Bartels, E M ^a   Christensen, P ^a   Rindel, L ^a   Aaboe, J ^a   Danneskiold Samsoe B ^a,d,e   Riecke, B F ^a   Bliddal, H ^a,d,e  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alignment; BLOKS; Diet; Knee osteoarthritis; MRI; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84860511987     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.02.639     Document Type: Article

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