@article{ref1,
title="Association between hip and knee osteoarthritis with falls: a systematic review and meta-analysis",
journal="International journal of clinical practice",
year="2021",
author="Deng, Zhen-Han and Xu, Jian and Long, Lu-Jue and Chen, Fei and Chen, Kang and Lu, Wei and Wang, Da-Ping and Peng, Liang-Quan",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) and falls. Potentially relevant articles that examine the association between hip, knee, radiological, and self-reported OA and falls were retrieved from PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, and Web of Science up until March of 2020. <br><br>METHODS: The pooled risk ratios (RRs) as well as their related 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Statistic and subgroup analyses were performed. A total of 21 studies involving 146,965 participants were included. <br><br>RESULTS: No association was found between hip OA and falls. The pooled RRs value suggested a higher prevalence of falls in knee OA patients (RR=1.35, 95% CI: 1.20 to 1.51, P<0.00001) and self-reported OA (RR=1.33, 95% CI: 1.23 to 1.45, P<0.00001) than in non-OA subjects. The pooled RR value suggested no difference between prevalence of falls in radiological OA patients compared to non-OA subjects (RR=1.82, 95% CI: 0.89 to 3.73, P=0.10). Both radiological and self-reported knee OA seem to be positively associated with falls, while no obvious association was found between hip OA and falls. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Therefore, knee OA is a risk factor for falls which should be closely monitored.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1368-5031",
doi="10.1111/ijcp.14537",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.14537"
}