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Associations of knee muscle force, bone malalignment, and knee-joint laxity with osteoarthritis in elderly people

[Purpose] From the viewpoint of prevention of knee osteoarthritis, the aim of this study was to verify how muscle strength and joint laxity are related to knee osteoarthritis. [Subjects and Methods] The study subjects consisted of 90 community-dwelling elderly people aged more than 60 years (22 male...

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Autores principales: Nakagawa, Kazumasa, Maeda, Misako
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5361010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28356631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.29.461