Osteoarthritis secondary prevention

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ;Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2], Irfan Dotani [3]

Overview

Secondary Prevention

There is a complex relationship between pain and physical activity. Pain can lead to a sedentary lifestyle leading to a weight gaining system. As mentioned before, high BMI is one of the important risk factors for osteoarthritis. Activity can be helpful in weight adjustment and could also help in reducing pain. Thus, physical activities and pain control have important roles in secondary prevention^[1].

Getting appropriate information
Activity and exercise
Weight loss

References

↑ Ratzlaff CR, Liang MH (2010). “New developments in osteoarthritis. Prevention of injury-related knee osteoarthritis: opportunities for the primary and secondary prevention of knee osteoarthritis”. Arthritis Res. Ther. 12 (4): 215. doi:10.1186/ar3113. PMC 2945059. PMID 20815918.

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[pmid20815918-1] Ratzlaff CR, Liang MH (2010). “New developments in osteoarthritis. Prevention of injury-related knee osteoarthritis: opportunities for the primary and secondary prevention of knee osteoarthritis”. Arthritis Res. Ther. 12 (4): 215. doi:10.1186/ar3113. PMC 2945059. PMID 20815918.

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