Open AccessAt the Intersection of Ethnicity/Race and Poverty: Knee Pain and Physical Function
Author(s) -
K. Thompson,
Ellen L. Terry,
Kimberly T. Sibille,
Ethan W. Gossett,
Erin N Ross,
Emily J. Bartley,
Toni L. Glover,
Ivana A. Vaughn,
Josue Cardoso,
Adriana Sotolongo,
Roland Staud,
Laura B. Hughes,
Jeffrey C. Edberg,
David T. Redden,
Laurence A. Bradley,
Roger B. Fillingim,
Burel R. Goodin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2197-3792
pISSN - 2196-8837
DOI - 10.1007/s40615-019-00615-7
Subject(s) - poverty , ethnic group , knee pain , medicine , womac , gerontology , osteoarthritis , socioeconomic status , demography , physical therapy , environmental health , population , political science , sociology , alternative medicine , pathology , law
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities. Non-Hispanic Blacks (NHB) report a higher prevalence and severity of knee OA symptoms than their non-Hispanic White (NHW) counterparts. The role of poverty in explaining this disparity remains unclear.