## Abstract ## Objective Whereas obesity increases overall loading of the knee, limb malalignment concentrates that loading on a focal area, to the level at which cartilage damage may occur. This study evaluated whether the effect of body weight on progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) differs d
The effects of weight reduction on the rehabilitation of patients with knee osteoarthritis and obesity
β Scribed by Huang, Mao-Hsiung ;Chen, Chia-Hsin ;Chen, Tien-Wen ;Weng, Ming-Cheng ;Wang, Wen-Ta ;Wang, Yu-Lin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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