The purpose of this analytical review was to estimate the direct and indirect economic costs
of physical inactivity and obesity in Canada in 2001. The relative risks of diseases …

Objective: To identify the consequences of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in a
cohort of male soccer players 14 years after the initial injury with respect to radiographic …

There are two main hypotheses for the cause of exercise related osteoarthritis: wear and
tear of the articular cartilage and muscle dysfunction. This is a review of the clinical literature …

Background: Reduced quadriceps strength is an early finding in subjects with knee
osteoarthritis, but it is not clear whether it is a cause or a consequence of knee osteoarthritis …

Objective Osteoarthritis (OA), characterized by late‐onset degeneration of articular cartilage,
is recognized to have a genetic component. We examined the role of 26 single‐nucleotide …

Background: No consistent relationship between the severity of symptoms of knee
osteoarthritis (OA) and radiographic change has been demonstrated. Objectives: To …

Background Optical coherence tomography is an echograph of infrared light that can yield
microscopic cross-sectional images of articular cartilage without removing or damaging the …

Objective To study the role of the interleukin‐1β gene (IL1B) and the IL‐1 receptor
antagonist gene (IL1RN) in relation to the occurrence of radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) in …

Objectives. We explored a postulated association between daily driving time and knee pain.
Methods. We used data from the Taxi Drivers' Health Study to estimate 1-year prevalence of …

BACKGROUND: There is some observational evidence to suggest an effect of hormones on
osteoarthritis (OA), especially in perimenopausal women. OBJECTIVES: To review the …