Observational studyArthritis care & research2019
Knee Osteoarthritis and the Risk of Medically Treated Injurious Falls Among Older Adults: A Community-Based US Cohort Study.
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- Multivariate analysis of newly diagnosed hip, knee, and combined hip and knee Osteoarthritis and recurrent fall risk: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Comparative outcome analyses of stromal vascular fractionWorld journal of experimental medicine · 2025Article
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- Factors associated with fall risk increasing drug use in older black and white men and women: the Health ABC Study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- 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
- The Association Between Severity of Radiographic Knee OA and Recurrent Falls in Middle and Older Aged Adults: The Osteoarthritis Initiative.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Article
- Association of Pain Phenotypes with Risk of Falls and Incident Fractures.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Remotely Delivered Exercise to Rural Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study.ACR open rheumatology · 2022Article
- Analysis of the Associations between Arthritis and Fall Histories in Korean Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- An eight-camera fall detection system using human fall pattern recognition via machine learning by a low-cost android box.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Core and adjunctive interventions for osteoarthritis: efficacy and models for implementation.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2020Review
- Clinical osteoarthritis of the hip and knee and fall risk: The role of low physical functioning and pain medication.Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism · 2020Article
- Applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework to determine the predictors of falls and fractures in people with osteoarthritis or at high risk of developing osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe risk of falls among adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) has been documented, yet, to our knowledge no studies have examined knee OA and the risk of medically treated injurious falls (overall and by sex), which is an outcome of substantial clinical and public health relevance.
methodsUsing data from the Health Aging and Body Composition Knee Osteoarthritis Substudy, a community-based study of white and African American older adults, we tested associations between knee OA status and the risk of injurious falls among 734 participants with a mean ± SD age of 74.7 ± 2.9 years. Knee radiographic OA (ROA) was defined as having a Kellgren-Lawrence grade of ≥2 in at least 1 knee. Knee symptomatic ROA (sROA) was defined as having both ROA and pain symptoms in the same knee. Injurious falls were defined using a validated diagnosis code algorithm from linked Medicare fee-for-service claims. Cox regression modeling was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).
resultsThe mean ± SD follow-up time was 6.59 ± 3.12 years. Of the 734 participants, 255 (34.7%) had an incident injurious fall over the entire study period. In the multivariate model, compared with those without ROA or pain, individuals with sROA (HR 1.09 [95% CI 0.73-1.65]) did not have a significantly increased risk of injurious falls. Compared with men without ROA or pain, men with sROA (HR 2.57 [95% CI 1.12-5.91]) had a significantly higher risk of injurious falls. No associations were found for women or by injurious fall type.
conclusionKnee sROA was independently associated with an increased risk of injurious falls in older men, but not in older women.
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