Metabolic syndrome – associated osteoarthritis among overweight patients

Abstract

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.