4 Things That Accelerate Osteoarthritis Progression
A Tufts study looked at 54 patients diagnosed with accelerated osteoarthritis (OA). This was defined as advanced stage OA onset within 4 years.
They then looked at 8 risk factors for typically developing accelerated OA. These risk factors included serum concentrations for C-reactive protein, glycated serum protein, glucose levels, age, sex, BMI, coronal tibial slope, and femorotibial alignment.
Based on their findings they determined the following 4 risk factors to have the highest potential risk.
Increased Age- age was considered the most important factor classifying those at high risk.
Increased BMI- With individuals younger than 63 years old, study participants were more likely to develop accelerated knee OA if they were obese (BMI over 33.9 kg/m2). And BMI did not seem to play a role in the older group
Glucose Level
Femorotibial Alignment (the alignment of the tibia a femur)
References:
OA Accelerants. Chris Klingenberg. Lower Extremity Review. September 2017, volume 9, number 9.