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Osteoarthritis primary prevention
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Primary Prevention
Primary Prevention
Primary prevention for OA include [1][2]:
- Weight loss
- Physical activity
- Injury prevention
- Control infectious disease
- Avoidance of trauma on the joint
- Omega-3 fatty acid
References
References
- ↑ Neogi T, Zhang Y (March 2011). “Osteoarthritis prevention”. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 23 (2): 185–91. doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e32834307eb. PMC 3156556. PMID 21206274.
- ↑ 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.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2], Irfan Dotani [3]