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Clinical phenotypes in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a study in the Amsterdam osteoarthritis cohort.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Apr 2015
van der Esch M, Knoop J, van der Leeden M, Roorda L D, Lems W F, Knol D L, Dekker J
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OBJECTIVE: To identify and validate previously established phenotypes of knee osteoarthritis (OA) based on similarities in clinical patient characteristics. METHODS: Knee OA patients (N = 551) from the Amsterdam OA (AMS-OA) cohort provided data. Four clinical patient characteristics were assessed: upper leg muscle strength, body mass index (BMI), radiographic severity (Kellgren/Lawrence [KL] grade), and...
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