Knee Osteoporosis

It is the common perception of osteoarthritis of the knee in our country where primary osteoarthritis of the hip is rare. However, in the recent past, it was realized that not only the elderly to certain risk of osteoarthritis, but many more middle aged and even young. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of joint disease (arthritis) and is a major cause of disability among the elderly in India and many countries. It is the common idea that the inevitable wear and tear of aging alone leads to osteoarthritis, but this is not the whole truth. As we shall see, not only seniors, but others are also vulnerable to osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis (OA) in peripheral joints, most often involves the knee joint, and the disease may affect one or more of the three compartments of the knee. The knee joint acts to transfer the force of the thigh muscles in the leg to move the body. Loads exerted on the surfaces of the knee during normal daily activities are two to seven times the body weight. It is therefore not surprising that the knee is so vulnerable to wear and tear (osteoarthritis). osteo-arthritis changes in the lower joint load transfer efficiency in these activities. Overall health is compromised and osteoarthritis of the knee has been shown to account for several limitations in walking, climbing stairs or other daily activities than any other disease. The form of the disease in the elderly is called primary osteoarthritis, while the grief of young and middle aged is called secondary osteoarthritis. Let us take a look at risk factors for developing osteoarthritis secondary, which includes other age groups of people in the general population.

They are of two categories, general or systemic and local risks.

General risks

Evolution

Man with two other mammals, the elephant and the bear are the only animals to have straight knees. Evolutionarily straight knees are invaluable to minimize energy expenditure when walking so that the body does not tilt from left to right as he would if the knees are bent in a two-legged creature. The price or side effects of standing is the transmission of weight occurring in the inner half of the knee joint. Therefore, the inner half of the knee is likely to be in the normal course of time.

Genetics

These play a major role in a generalized form of the disease known to affect some communities and families. The research is to determine the exact gene that increases susceptibility to osteoarthritis.

Regime

Many degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis are the result of tissue damage from "free radical oxygen" attack. Normal cartilage cells are known to reduce free radicals. Antioxidants such as vitamin A, C and E have the potential to protect themselves against such tissue damage. It has been found in a study that people who eat high amounts of vitamin C have a 60-70 percent reduction in risk for progressive osteoarthritis. High levels of vitamin C have also been associated with reduced risk for knee pain, according to the same study.

Vitamin D plays an important role in bone mineralization. The results of the above study show that high levels are protective against the progression of the disease.

BMD

About three decades ago surgeons removing the head of the proximal femur in elderly patients with fractures of the hip replacement operation in partial hip, pointed out that the bone end rarely showed arthritic changes. Since then, numerous studies have confirmed the inverse relationship between osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. At the present time.