Osteoarthritis and cartilage
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Osteoarthr. Cartil. · Sep 2010
Association of radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis with health-related quality of life in a population-based cohort study in Japan: the ROAD study.
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major public health issue causing chronic pain and disability. However, there is little information on the impact of this disease on quality of life (QOL) in Japanese men and women. The objective of the present study was to clarify the impact of radiographic and symptomatic knee OA on QOL in Japan. ⋯ This cross-sectional study revealed that subjects with symptomatic knee OA had significantly lower physical QOL than subjects without it.