ArticleArthritis care & research2015
Lower-extremity osteoarthritis and the risk of falls in a community-based longitudinal study of adults with and without osteoarthritis.
Article in Arthritis care & research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06650865 (Effect of Baduanjin on Pain, Balance and Kinesiophobia in Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis), which is not on this map. Cited by 62 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Baduanjin on Pain, Balance and Kinesiophobia in Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.
- Knee osteoarthritis and adverse health outcomes: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of fall incidence and risk factors in elderly patients after total joint arthroplasty.Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Multisite pain and self-reported falls in older people: systematic review and meta-analysis.Arthritis research & therapy · 2019Pooled it
- Fall Risk and Utilization of Balance Training for Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Secondary Analysis From a Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)Trial
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- Determinants of six-minute walk test performance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2026Article
- The Effects of 24 Weeks Sensorimotor Training on Balance, Physical Function, and Pain in Women with Knee Osteoarthritis.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Knee Health Is a Major Determinant of Mobility Across the Healthspan.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Assessment of Gait and Balance in Elderly Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis Using Inertial Measurement Units.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The causal link between osteoarthritis and falls: the mediating role of paracetamol.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Factors associated with fear of falling among Saudi community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2025Observational
- Improvement in gait pattern after total knee arthroplasty for knee osteoarthritis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- The association between physical multimorbidity and fall-related injury among adults aged ≥ 50 years from low- and middle-income countries.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
- Gait Characteristics of Fallers and Nonfallers in Female Patients with Unilateral End-Stage Hip Osteoarthritis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of Aquatic Exercise in Older People with Osteoarthritis: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Optimal exercise modalities and doses for therapeutic management of osteoarthritis of the knee.Frontiers in aging · 2025Review
- Radiographic knee osteoarthritis severity has no impact on fall risk: the locomotive syndrome and health outcomes in the aizu cohort study (LOHAS): a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Physical Therapists' Attitudes, Beliefs, and Barriers Regarding Fall Screening and Prevention among Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Multiple joint osteoarthritis (MJOA): What's in a name?Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectiveKnee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) are known risk factors for falls, but whether they together additionally contribute to falls risk is unknown. This study utilizes a biracial cohort of men and women to examine the influence of lower-extremity OA burden on the risk for future falls.
methodsA longitudinal analysis was performed using data from 2 time points of a large cohort. The outcome of interest was falls at followup. Covariates included age, sex, race, body mass index, a history of prior falls, symptomatic OA of the hip and/or knee, a history of neurologic or pulmonary diseases, and current use of narcotic medications. Symptomatic OA was defined as patient-reported symptoms and radiographic evidence of OA in the same joint. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine associations between covariates and falls at followup.
resultsThe odds of falling increased with an increasing number of lower-extremity symptomatic OA joints: those with 1 joint had 53% higher odds, those with 2 joints had 74% higher odds, and those with 3-4 OA joints had 85% higher odds. When controlling for covariates, patients who had symptomatic knee or hip OA had an increased likelihood of falling (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.39, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.02-1.88 and aOR 1.60, 95% CI 1.14-2.24, respectively).
conclusionThis study reveals the risk for falls increases with additional symptomatic OA lower-extremity joints and confirms that symptomatic hip and knee OA are important risk factors for falls.
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