Open AccessKnee Joint Loading in Knee Osteoarthritis
Author(s) -
Stephen P. Messier,
Daniel P. Beavers,
Richard F. Loeser,
Jeff Carr,
Shubham Khajanchi,
Claudine Legault,
Barbara J. Nicklas,
David J. Hunter,
Paul DeVita
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - Slovenian
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000000293
Subject(s) - osteoarthritis , lean body mass , medicine , knee joint , thigh , body mass index , orthodontics , anatomy , surgery , body weight , pathology , alternative medicine
Using three separate models that included total body mass, total lean and total fat mass, and abdominal and thigh fat as independent measures, we determined their association with knee joint loads in older overweight and obese adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA).