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The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) is a widely used, proprietary set of standardized questionnaires used by health professionals to evaluate the condition of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip, including pain, stiffness, and physical functioning of the joints.
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting about 237 million people or 3.3% of the world's population, as of 2015. [4] [12] It becomes more common as people age. [1] Among those over 60 years old, about 10% of males and 18% of females are affected. [2] Osteoarthritis is the cause of about 2% of years lived with disability. [12]
Z-Library (abbreviated as z-lib, formerly BookFinder) is a shadow library project for file-sharing access to scholarly journal articles, academic texts and general-interest books. It began as a mirror of Library Genesis , but has expanded dramatically.
Osteoarthritis affects more than 3.8% of people, while rheumatoid arthritis affects about 0.24% of people. [16] Gout affects about 1–2% of the Western population at some point in their lives. [17] In Australia about 15% of people are affected by arthritis, [18] while in the United States more than 20% have a type of arthritis.
Bicycling, whether outdoors or in a spinning class, may help prevent knee arthritis and pain. People who biked at any point in their lives were 17% less likely to develop knee pain and 21% less ...
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It is not always certain why arthritis of the knee develops. [citation needed] The knee may become affected by almost any form of arthritis, including those related to mechanical damage of the structures of the knee (osteoarthritis, and post-traumatic arthritis), various autoimmune forms of arthritis (including; rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, and SLE-related arthritis, psoriatic ...