Alexandra L Burch, Bridget Dibb, Sarah B Brien
Understanding homeopathic decision-making: a qualitative study
Forschende Komplementarmedizin (2006)
knee osteoarthritis koa causes pain stiffness dysfunction knee also reduction joint range motion rom study explored demographic radiographic factors knee symptoms rom patients symptomatic koa demographic variables kellgrenlawrence kl grade western ontario mcmaster universities osteoarthritis index womac patients symptomatic koa recruited beijing collected knee rom patients also measured analyzed influencing factors womac rom using generalize linear model respectively study included total 2034 patients symptomatic koa including 530 males 261 1504 females 730 mean age 5917 1022 years patients advanced age overweight obesity family history koa moderatetoheavy manual labor job use nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs nsaids significantly higher womac lower rom p 005 comorbidities higher womac p 005 patients higher education better rom elementary education 4905 p 005 compared kl 01 womac patients whose kl 4 higher 0069 p 005 womac kl 2 lower 0068 p 005 rom decreased increase kl grade p 005 koa patients advanced age overweight obesity family history koa firstdegree relatives moderatetoheavy manual labor job tended severe clinical symptoms worse rom patients severe imaging lesions tend poorer rom symptom management measures regular rom screening taken early people