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Article: Weight loss in obese knee OA patients backed by trials.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- August 15, 2006
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Amsterdam -- Obese patients with knee osteoarthritis can be told with confidence that a sustained weight loss of at least 5% of their body weight will typically lead to a moderate reduction in physical disability, while a greater weight loss will result in even more marked improvement, Robin Christensen reported at the annual European Congress of Rheumatology.
His metaanalysis of three randomized controlled trials totaling 417 obese osteoarthritis (OA) patients also concluded that the intensity of weight loss required to achieve this benefit corresponded to a loss rate of at least 1% of baseline body weight per month, said Mr. Christensen of HS Frederiksberg ...