title: Age, overweight, sex, and knee instability: their relationship to the post-traumatic osteoarthrosis of the knee joint.
abstract: A study was undertaken to find out what effect age, weight and sex had on the development of osteoarthrosis after ligament injuries of the knee. These factors were not important, but the primary treatment determined the functional result. Early stability should be restored.
authors.affiliation: Tampere Research Station of Sports Medicine, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kannus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Järvinen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000150:complications; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D007719:Knee Joint; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012737:Sex Factors