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Weight Loss Improves Knee Pain from Common Arthritic Condition, Study Says
ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2011) — Knee pain related to osteoarthritis (OA) is a common complaint among obese individuals and retired professional athletes, especially former NFL players, but researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day program on February 19th say they have a simple solution: lose weight.
"Our research on patients who were obese with early-onset knee osteoarthritis showed that those individuals who underwent isolated weight loss via bariatric surgery and lost an average of 57 pounds within the first six months significantly improved their knee pain, stiffness and physical function. Quality of life, activities of daily living and sports activity also improved; all of this without other arthritic treatments," said lead researcher Christopher Edwards of the Penn State College of Medicine.
OA of the knee is one of the five leading causes of disability among elderly men and women in the U.S., and costs $185 billion in out-of-pocket expenditures each year. Obesity is one of the leading risk factors for the disease.
The study followed 24 adult patients who ranged in age from 30-67 and were diagnosed as obese with clinical and radiographic evidence of knee OA. The Western Ontario and McMaster (WOMAC) Index of Osteoarthritis and Knee and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) surveys were administered at a pre-bariatric surgery baseline and at six and 12 months post surgery.
"Each individual had some kind of improvement in their pain from losing weight, some more than others. There are few studies that have investigated the role of isolated weight loss in the absence of additional arthritis treatment on those individuals with radiographically confirmed OA. Further research still needs to be performed to investigate whether knee arthritis symptom improvement continues over time and are applicable to those individuals who are simply overweight, but our research suggests a strong possibility of improvement," said Edwards. 中国计量院计量科学咨询委员会成立文件类型:PDF/Adobe Acrobat- 文字版来自英国诺丁汉大学的物理学家理查德-希尔在接受《新科学家》杂志采访时谈到:“将来,... 可以感知老年患者在行走时步履不稳定,进行提 醒,这有助于减少与跌倒有关的伤害.对老...lib.cjlu.edu.cn/...JCK0804.pdf-2011-01-14-科学咨询委员会成立" 媒体稿件 - 薄三郎 - 博客大巴将极大推动相关生命科学领域研究的蓬勃开展,它将有助于医学三大难题的破解,分别是衰... 1977年,英国威尔士国家医学院威廉斯医生在冰岛和英国阿伯丁郡进行过调查.结果显示,...shonline.blogbus.com/c3068550/-2009-10-16-快照-牛皮癣是不治之证吗_医疗问答网4.对银屑病适当的治疗可获近期临床治愈,但多数患者可能复发; 5.一般无内脏损害,预后良... 中国金方医学科学院临床数以万计的患者遍布世界,病人在治疗痊愈后,跟踪调查二十余年...www.medical-ask.com/...ss0y1wi-2010-05-20-快照-[标签:content2]
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