(ХНМУ, 2017-03-17) Птущенко, Наталья Юріївна; Ptushchenko, N.
Next to age, obesity is one of the main predictors of the development of
osteoarthritis. The link between obesity and osteoarthritis is a multi-unit. Definitely
it was considered that excess weight leads to wear and tear seam. In fact, excessive
load leads to cartilage degradation and subchondral bone shows that weight plays
an important role in the initiation and development of osteoarthritis. However, the
weight is correlated with obesity, osteoarthritis no weight-bearing joints.