Many risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) have been noted, while gender/sex differences have
been understated. The work aimed to systematically review literature investigating as …

The symptoms of menopause can be distressing, particularly as they occur at a time when
women have important roles in society, within the family and at the workplace. Hormonal …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint disease treated mostly symptomatically
before approaching its definitive treatment, joint arthroplasty. The rapidly growing …

Osteoarthritis is a disease that progresses over time and culminates in the destruction of
articular cartilage and joints. Thus, with an increasing elderly population the treatment of …

Objective To determine the effect of chondroitin sulphate (CS) treatment on cartilage volume
loss, subchondral bone marrow lesions (BML), synovitis and disease symptoms in patients …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is an age-related degenerative disease comprising the main reason of
handicap in the Western world. Interestingly, to date, there are neither available biomarkers …

Objective To determine whether women experience greater knee pain severity than men at
equivalent levels of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA). Design and methods A cross …

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the association between general and central obesity, and
their changes with risk of knee osteoarthritis (OA) using retrospective cohort data collected …

Background Osteoarthritis of the knee is a major clinical problem affecting a greater
proportion of women than men. Women generally report higher pain intensity at rest and …

Background: An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a well-established risk factor for
the long-term development of radiographic osteoarthritis (OA). However, little is known about …