Obesity and vocational and avocational overload of the joint as risk factors for osteoarthritis.
Felson
David T
DT
Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118-2394, USA. dfelson@bu.edu
D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D006686:Hobbies; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000293:injuries; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D009790:Occupations; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012420:Running / Q000293:injuries; D016138:Walking / Q000293:injuries