Stronger thigh muscles might help prevent the need for total knee replacement surgery, according to research presented Monday at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual meeting at McCormick Place.
In the United States, 14 million adults have symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, and more than 600,000 patients undergo total knee replacement surgery each year, “causing significant economic burden and a challenging recovery, involving physical therapy and lifestyle adjustments,” according to Dr. Upasana Upadhyay Bharadwaj of the University of California San Francisco, the lead author of the new study.
