Overweight: advancing our understanding of its impact on the knee and the hip

Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Feb;66(2):141-2. doi: 10.1136/ard.2006.059931.

Abstract

Why the effect of excess body weight is greater at the knee

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Body Mass Index
  • Hip Joint / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Knee Joint / physiopathology*
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / physiopathology
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip / etiology
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip / physiopathology
  • Osteoarthritis, Knee / etiology
  • Osteoarthritis, Knee / physiopathology
  • Overweight*
  • Weight-Bearing