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The effect of weight loss on the risk of knee osteoarthritis and potential modification by biochemical factors: data

Monash University
Assoc Prof Anita Wluka (Associated with) Assoc Prof Boyd Strauss (Associated with) Assoc Prof John Dixon (Associated with) Ms Judy Hankin (Associated with) Ms Miranda Davies (Associated with)
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Osteoarthritis of the knee is a major public health problem and weight loss is one of the only treatments that has a positive effect. Researchers from Monash University (Flavia Cicuttini, Andrew Forbes, John Dixon and Anita Wluka) and Melbourne University (Kim Bennell) collected data measuring the effect of obesity on knee joints using selected people who were scheduled to have gastric banding surgery where weight loss was expected to be large. Questionnaires were conducted regarding the general health of 250 patients before gastric banding and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the knees and Dexa x-ray scans of body composition were completed. The MRI's and body composition scans were repeated again at two years following surgery. The images were compared and data collated to measure the effect of losing weight on change in knee structure over two years. Resulting data supports the suggestion that weight-loss aimed at reducing fat mass but maintaining muscle mass may be important in preventing the onset and/or progression of knee osteoarthritis.

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500 x-ray images; 500 MRI images; excel file of questionnaire data (.xml) 1 SPSS file (.spss) 1 SPSS coding sheet; 250 questionnaires (print)

Data time period: 2006 to 2010

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Biomechanics | Body composition | Clinical Sciences | Gastric banding | Human Movement and Sports Science | Joint cartilage | Lap-band surgery | Medical and Health Sciences | Obesity | Osteoarthritis | Public Health and Health Services | Preventive Medicine | Rheumatology and Arthritis |

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