A 60-year-old obese woman with osteoarthritis of the knee: a case-report

TY - JOUR

T1 - A 60-year-old obese woman with osteoarthritis of the knee

T2 - a case-report

AU - Christensen, Pia

AU - Riecke, B F

AU - Christensen, R

AU - Bliddal, H

N1 - © 2011 The Authors. Clinical Obesity © 2011 International Association for the Study of Obesity.

PY - 2011/2

Y1 - 2011/2

N2 - A case is presented of a 60-year-old woman with concomitant obesity and knee osteoarthritis. The bad knees prevented the patient from exercising; however, with a focused dietary intervention employing food supplements for the first period of 8 weeks, an ordinary low-energy diet for another 8 weeks, the patient lost 17.3 kg; and a further weight loss was achieved during 1-year follow-up totalling 30.6 kg. Lean body mass only changed slightly, 96.8% of the weight loss being fat mass. Along with this her metabolic syndrome decreased and her gait improved. It is suggested that a major weight loss is the treatment of choice in patients with this combination of diseases.

AB - A case is presented of a 60-year-old woman with concomitant obesity and knee osteoarthritis. The bad knees prevented the patient from exercising; however, with a focused dietary intervention employing food supplements for the first period of 8 weeks, an ordinary low-energy diet for another 8 weeks, the patient lost 17.3 kg; and a further weight loss was achieved during 1-year follow-up totalling 30.6 kg. Lean body mass only changed slightly, 96.8% of the weight loss being fat mass. Along with this her metabolic syndrome decreased and her gait improved. It is suggested that a major weight loss is the treatment of choice in patients with this combination of diseases.

U2 - 10.1111/j.1758-8111.2010.00009.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1758-8111.2010.00009.x

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 25586976

SN - 1758-8103

VL - 1

SP - 53

EP - 56

JO - Clinical Obesity

JF - Clinical Obesity

IS - 1

ER -