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1. The association between obesity, low-grade inflammation, self-reported knee symptoms and radiographic knee osteoarthritis in individuals with knee pain : A longitudinal cohort study
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhetAbstract : Abstract Background One of the earliest signs of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is knee pain which correlates with inflammation and disease severity. Knee OA affects 260 million worldwide, and is in similarity with obesity, characterized by ongoing low-grade inflammation. READ MORE
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2. Fibroblasttillväxtfaktor-23 (FGF-23) – en möjlig biomarkör för osteoartrit hos katt?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : Osteoartrit är en kronisk obotlig ledsjukdom som är vanlig hos katt. Trots att osteoartrit är associerad med smärta kan sjukdomen hos katt vara svår att diagnosticera. READ MORE
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3. The influence of a regulated knee angle on the ability to perform single-leg chair raises for individuals with knee pain or knee osteoarthritis
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhetAbstract : .... READ MORE
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4. Biomechanical investigation of the efficacy and perceived performance of a knee brace
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknikAbstract : The most prevalent joint disease in adults is osteoarthritis. The knee joint is the joint which is the most affected by osteoarthritis, with mechanical overloading being one of the causes. While no cure exists for osteoarthritis, many different treatment options are available. One alternative is to wear a knee brace on the affected leg. READ MORE
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5. Machine learning for automatic grading of knee osteoarthritis from X-ray radiographs
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen Vi3Abstract : Knee osteoarthritis is a growing problem due to increasing risk factors such as age and obesity. It is a common task for a radiologist to grade osteoarthritis in three compartments (medial tibiofemoral (MTF), lateral tibiofemoral (LTF) and patellofemoral (PF)) in a knee from different image views of X-ray images, to decide if osteoarthritis is the cause of pain for the patient. READ MORE