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Risk factors for knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis, a population based, prospective cohort study of 315,495 individuals

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common and disabling condition. We wanted to investigate the modifiable risk factors Body Mass Index (BMI) and physical activity, using knee replacement (KR) as a marker for severely symptomatic disease, focusing on the interaction between these risk...

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Autores principales: Apold, Hilde, Meyer, Haakon E, Nordsletten, Lars, Furnes, Ove, Baste, Valborg, Flugsrud, Gunnar B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4081510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24957045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-217