title: [Clinical advances of muscle status in osteoarthritis].
abstract: This article summarizes relevant clinical studies on muscle status and osteoarthritis. Evidence from many researches have implied the importance of muscle weakness, decreased muscle strength and muscle function as pathological factor in the process of osteoarthritis, and muscle should also be an effective target for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Further study need to be conducted from the angle of muscle to explore the mechanism of osteoarthritis and to develop new drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. ningtcm@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yue-long
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Hong-sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Yin-yu
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053580:Muscle Strength; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000150:complications*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology