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The offspring of people with a total knee replacement for severe primary knee osteoarthritis have a higher risk of worsening knee pain over 8 years.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Feb 2016
Pan Feng, Ding Changhai, Winzenberg Tania, Khan Hussain, Martel-Pelletier Johanne, Pelletier Jean-Pierre, Cicuttini Flavia, Jones Graeme
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether offspring having at least one parent with a total knee replacement for severe primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) have an increased risk of worsening knee pain over 8 years as compared with controls with no family history of knee OA. METHODS: A total of 219 participants (mean age 48 years, range 29-61 years) with 115 offspring and 104 controls participated in this study. Knee pain...
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