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Not just loading and age: the dynamics of osteoarthritis, obesity and inflammation
Author(s) -
Cicuttini Flavia M,
Wluka Anita E
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja15.01069
Subject(s) - library science , medicine , computer science
This has made it possible to examine the effect of obesity on joints, and to untangle the issue of whether obesity causes OA or whether OA-related pain causes obesity through modification of lifestyle behaviours and consequent weight gain. This work has shown that obesity is a causative factor in the development of OA, with increased weight being associated with early articular cartilage damage, well before symptoms develop.