Osteoarthritis - a role for weight management in rheumatology practice: an update

TY - JOUR

T1 - Osteoarthritis - a role for weight management in rheumatology practice

T2 - an update

AU - Bliddal, H

AU - Christensen, Pia

AU - Riecke, B.F.

AU - Aaboe, J

AU - Frederiksen, R

AU - Bartels, Else Marie Bartels

AU - Christensen, R

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

PY - 2011/2

Y1 - 2011/2

N2 - Osteoarthritis (OA) and obesity are related diseases, which occur in a large proportion of the population. Epidemiological evidence show that weight is of great importance for the development of OA in the knee, and to some extent also in hip and finger joints. Once acquired, the OA contributes to further weight problems by decreasing the daily activity level. Weight loss will be beneficial for the knee and experimental data point at a highly significant effect on knee function and recent results even point at a positive effect on the cartilage of the knee joint. Recommending patients with a combination of knee OA and obesity to lose at least 5% body weight, and aim for 10% is predicted to correspond to 26% improvement in physical function. A programme for this weight loss has been tested with good results applying an initial formula diet with maintenance therapy in groups during follow-up.

AB - Osteoarthritis (OA) and obesity are related diseases, which occur in a large proportion of the population. Epidemiological evidence show that weight is of great importance for the development of OA in the knee, and to some extent also in hip and finger joints. Once acquired, the OA contributes to further weight problems by decreasing the daily activity level. Weight loss will be beneficial for the knee and experimental data point at a highly significant effect on knee function and recent results even point at a positive effect on the cartilage of the knee joint. Recommending patients with a combination of knee OA and obesity to lose at least 5% body weight, and aim for 10% is predicted to correspond to 26% improvement in physical function. A programme for this weight loss has been tested with good results applying an initial formula diet with maintenance therapy in groups during follow-up.

U2 - 10.1111/j.1758-8111.2010.00008.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1758-8111.2010.00008.x

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 25586975

SN - 1758-8103

VL - 1

SP - 50

EP - 52

JO - Clinical Obesity

JF - Clinical Obesity

IS - 1

ER -