Several risk factors such as age, body weight, injury to the joint or trauma due to frequent squatting etc. affect pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis. However, as the disease advances, the number of major risk factors decline and only few remain significant as shown in a new study published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research.1
In this study, researchers reviewed data of 4446 patients, mean age 61 years, with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee from the prospective, multicenter Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) conducted in the United States. Based on the scores on the numerical rating scale (NRS), the severity of pain in the preceding ...
Source: The Indian Awaaz
