What is it about?
Ageing is not only one of the major risk factors for the painful musculoskeletal condition osteoarthritis but osteoarthritis itself may be involved in the biological ageing process. We discuss the possible relationships between osteoarthritis, ageing, pain, inflammation, disability, muscle weakness and frailty.
Featured Image
Photo by Eduardo Barrios on Unsplash
Why is it important?
Globally it is estimated that 9.6% of men and 18% of women over 60 years of age have painful osteoarthritis. With increasing life expectancy and ageing populations, osteoarthritis is estimated to soon be the fourth leading cause of disability by 2020.
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Osteoarthritis and Ageing, European Medical Journal, March 2018, European Medical Group,
DOI: 10.33590/emj/10313855.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
