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Patients with knee osteoarthritis have a phenotype with higher bone mass, higher fat mass, and lower lean body mass.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 Jan 2015
Karlsson Magnus K, Magnusson Håkan, Cöster Maria, Karlsson Caroline, Rosengren Björn E
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BACKGROUND: Although knee osteoarthritis (OA) is common, its etiology is poorly understood. Specifically, it is not known whether knee OA is associated with abnormal anthropometric and musculoskeletal characteristics known to be associated with OA in general. We recently studied this topic for patients with hip arthritis; however, it is important to evaluate it for knee OA separately, because there are reports...
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