Disabling knee pain--another consequence of obesity: results from a prospective cohort study

Jinks, Clare; Jordan, Kelvin; Croft, Peter

Abstract

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 study was to investigate the influence of overweight and obesity on the onset and progression of knee pain and disability in older adults living in the community.

Citation

Jinks, C., Jordan, K., & Croft, P. (2006). Disabling knee pain--another consequence of obesity: results from a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 6, Article 258. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-258

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 19, 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Publicly Available Date: May 26, 2023
• Journal: BMC Public Health
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Article Number: 258
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-258
• Publisher URL: http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-6-258
• PMID: 17052337