Activity, Motor Control & Coordination
Pain - Thermal Allodynia / Hyperalgesia
Pain - Spontaneous Pain - Postural Deficit
Pain - Mechanical Allodynia / Hyperalgesia
Anxiety & Depression Disorder
Learning/Memory - Attention - Addiction
Physiology & Respiratory Research
Metabolism - Food & Drink Intake
Pain
Metabolism
Motor control
Neurodegeneration
Cross-disciplinary subjects
Muscular system
General activity
Mood Disorders
Other disorders
Joints
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Sensory system
Authors
S. Jafarzadeh, J. Tamez, S. Totterman, M. Clancy, D.T. Felson
Lab
Boston Univ. Sch. of Med., Boston, MA, USA
Journal
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Abstract
We aimed to characterize the effect of rapid weight loss in severely obese patients, who underwent bariatric surgery or medical weight management, on changes in knee cartilage matrix composition measured at baseline and after 1-year. We hypothesize that cartilage matrix composition, represented by water and collagen contents, improves in severely obese persons with higher weight loss. In this group, we have not found change in cartilage morphology at 1-year.
BIOSEB Instruments Used:
Activmeter (BIO-ACTIV-R)