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

Pia Christensen; B F Riecke; R Christensen; H Bliddal

doi:10.1111/j.1758-8111.2010.00009.x

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

Pia Christensen, B F Riecke, R Christensen, H Bliddal

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical obesity
Volume	1
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	53-56
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-8111.2010.00009.x
Publication status	Published - Feb 2011

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