Radiographic measures of incident knee osteoarthritis may be capturing early progression rather than disease development. The authors tested the hypothesis: in knees with normal cartilage morphology ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is one of the major causes of pain and physical disability in the elderly ... We considered medial compartment knee OA to be present in those patients who had varus ...

Two major causes of knee pain are acute injury and osteoarthritis. Ligaments such as the ACL and PCL can be stressed and torn when a shear force occurs between the femur and tibia. ACL injuries ...

A new, large-scale study finds that medications like Ozempic and Wegovy can seriously reduce knee pain for those with moderate to severe osteoarthritis. mbruxelle - stock.adobe.com No bones about ...

A large trial showed that semaglutide, sold as Ozempic for diabetes and as Wegovy for obesity, was better than any current medications in alleviating symptoms. By Gina Kolata The blockbuster drug ...

Obesity is known to be a strong risk factor for the onset of knee osteoarthritis (OA), but studies ... and those with varus (bowlegged) alignment showed no increased risk. The authors suggest ...

Metatarsus primus varus is a foot deformity that affects the angle of the bones of the big toe. The deformity usually develops during adulthood as a result of wearing tight shoes that place pressure ...

“Among participants with obesity and knee osteoarthritis with moderate-to-severe pain, treatment with once-weekly injectable semaglutide resulted in significantly greater reductions in body ...

Weight reduction has been shown to alleviate symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee, including pain. The effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on outcomes in knee osteoarthritis ...

Bennell KL, Kyriakides M, Metcalf B, et al. Neuromuscular versus quadriceps strengthening exercise in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis and varus malalignment: a randomized controlled trial.

The report also found the prevalence of knee pain has increased 65% over the past 20 years. Osteoarthritis is often the cause of knee pain, especially for women and older adults, according to the ...