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SRC-5d8f3f4ed2a2 Messier SP 2002

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Declines in strength and balance in older adults with chronic knee pain: a 30-month longitudinal, observational study.

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DOI: 10.1002/art.10339

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Messier SP, Glasser JL, Ettinger WH, Craven TE, Miller ME. Declines in strength and balance in older adults with chronic knee pain: a 30-month longitudinal, observational study. Arthritis and rheumatism. 2002;47(2):141-8. DOI 10.1002/art.10339 Source examined: abstract only.

Conditions: COND-KOA Knee osteoarthritis

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Knee osteoarthritis

Knee osteoarthritis — balance

The abstract supports the shared OASIS cohort and 4.2% versus 7.7% balance decline, p=.023. An observational strength–balance association does not establish a training effect.

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