Effect of weight maintenance on symptoms of knee osteoarthritis in obese patients: A twelve-month randomized controlled trial

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 640-650

  Christensen, Robin ^a   Henriksen, Marius ^a   Leeds, Anthony R ^b,c   Gudbergsen, Henrik ^a   Christensen, Pia ^a   Sørensen, Tina J ^a   Bartels, Else M ^a   Riecke, Birgit F ^a   Aaboe, Jens ^a   Frederiksen, Rikke ^a   Boesen, Mikael ^a   Lohmander, L Stefan ^d,e   Astrup, Arne ^b   Bliddal, Henning ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Cambridge Weight Plan   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALLERGIC RASH; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRY SKIN; ECZEMA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HAIR LOSS; HALITOSIS; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INSOMNIA; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD CHANGE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; OBESITY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATICA; SKIN IRRITATION; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URTICARIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DENMARK; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84928568053     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22504     Document Type: Article

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