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Physical Therapy & Osteoarthritis

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Lou Ann Balducci Hilton

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects more than 27 million Americans and is the primary cause of long-term disability (Lawrence, et al and Walker, Helena). The risk of developing lower-body osteoarthritis (OA) – for example, in the hip and/or knee joints – is 4 times higher for persons that are obese in comparison [...]