Weight loss reduces knee‐joint loads in overweight and obese older adults with knee osteoarthritis

• Published in: Arthritis and rheumatism Vol. 52; no. 7; pp. 2026 - 2032
• Main Authors: Messier, Stephen P., Gutekunst, David J., Davis, Cralen, DeVita, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.07.2005; Wiley
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Body Weight; Diet Therapy; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Exercise Therapy; Female; Humans; Knee Joint - physiopathology; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - physiopathology; Obesity - therapy; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - complications; Osteoarthritis, Knee - physiopathology; Osteoarthritis, Knee - therapy; Single-Blind Method; Treatment Outcome; Weight Loss; Weight-Bearing; Human; Knee; Obesity; Load; Knee osteoarthritis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Nutrition disorder; Weight loss; Joint; Overweight; Arthropathy; Adult; Degenerative disease; Osteoarthritis; Nutritional status

Objective To determine the relationship between change in body mass and knee‐joint moments and forces during walking in overweight and obese older adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) following an 18‐month clinical trial of diet and exercise. Methods Data were obtained from 142 sedentary, overweight...