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Disabling knee pain – another consequence of obesity: Results from a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Obesity is linked to knee osteoarthritis (OA) and knee pain. These are disabling problems that are more prevalent in older adults. No prospective study has estimated the impact of excess weight avoidance on the occurrence of knee pain in the general older population. The aim of this stud...

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Autores principales: Jinks, Clare, Jordan, Kelvin, Croft, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1635709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17052337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-258