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Losing weight may help control osteoarthritis
Saturday March 09, 2013 04:57:07 PM,
IANS
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Washington: Losing
weight may help mitigate symptoms in patients suffering from
osteoarthritis, a new study has found.
Weight loss may prevent and significantly alleviate the symptoms
of osteoarthritis, a progressive disease of the joints known as
"wear and tear" arthritis, according to a literature review
appearing in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS).
According to the article, obesity actually may trigger the
biomechanical and inflammatory changes that cause osteoarthritis,
and the pain and loss of mobility associated with the condition,
reports Science Daily.
"There's a clear link between obesity and osteoarthritis, and the
link is both from biomechanical factors as well as systemic
factors. The systemic component appears to be significant," said
Ryan C. Koonce, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at Skagit Regional
Clinics in Mount Vernon, Washington, and one of the authors of the
literature review.
Approximately one half of osteoarthritis cases of the knee could
be avoided in the US if obesity was removed as a risk factor,
according to the article.
"It's important that doctors are aware of the different ways that
obesity causes arthritis not only for treatment but for prevention
of the condition," said Jonathan T. Bravman, MD, assistant
professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of
Colorado, and a co-author of the study.
"We are underutilising weight loss as a primary treatment option
for arthritis and joint pain," he said.
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