|
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2455-2631 | Impact factor: 8.15 | ESTD Year: 2016 open access , Peer-reviewed, and Refereed Journals, Impact factor 8.15 |
Imp Links for Author
Imp Links for Reviewer
Research Area
Subscribe IJSDR
Visitor Counter
Copyright Infringement Claims
Indexing Partner
|
Published Paper Details
|
|
| Paper Title: | Prevalence Study of Knee Osteoarthritis in an urban population of West Bengal |
| Authors Name: | Shreya Sinha , Somnath Gangopadhyay |
| Unique Id: | IJSDR2010042 |
| Published In: | Volume 5 Issue 10, October-2020 |
| Abstract: | Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) also known as degenerative joint disease and global statistics reveals over 100 million people worldwide suffer from OA disability. Objectives: To assess the association of body somatotype with knee OA gradations and to identify the prevalence of socio-demographic status on Knee OA (KOA). Material & Methods: 200 patients (male and female) were comprised in this cross sectional study. They were radiologically tested as KOA patients. Basic physical parameters were measured by standardized procedures. Result: Overweight to obese patients were more prone to onset of KOA. Housewife female persons were suffering more in KOA than other professionals whereas sales workers male persons were more tends to onset of KOA than other associates. Conclusion: Female are more prone to KOA than male persons as they were passing through menopause state. In case of female patients, obesity or overweight is not only cause for KOA onset. Basically housewives are used to do squatting frequently that might be a cause of KOA. It can largely be avoided by lifestyle changes. |
| Keywords: | Knee Osteoarthritis, BMI, Overweight, squatting. |
| Cite Article: | "Prevalence Study of Knee Osteoarthritis in an urban population of West Bengal", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.295 - 298, October-2020, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2010042.pdf |
| Downloads: | 000337070 |
| Publication Details: | Published Paper ID: IJSDR2010042 Registration ID:192640 Published In: Volume 5 Issue 10, October-2020 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): Page No: 295 - 298 Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org ISSN Number: 2455-2631 |
|
Click Here to Download This Article |
|
| Article Preview | |
|
|
|
Major Indexing from www.ijsdr.org
| Google Scholar | ResearcherID Thomson Reuters | Mendeley : reference manager | Academia.edu |
| arXiv.org : cornell university library | Research Gate | CiteSeerX | DOAJ : Directory of Open Access Journals |
| DRJI | Index Copernicus International | Scribd | DocStoc |
Track Paper
Important Links
Conference Proposal
ISSN
 |
 |
DOI (A digital object identifier)
  Providing A digital object identifier by DOI How to GET DOI and Hard Copy Related |
Open Access License Policy
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
|
 |
 |
 |
Social Media
Indexing Partner |
|||
| Copyright © 2024 - All Rights Reserved - IJSDR | |||
Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn