בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים" מובא להלן קישור לתקציר המאמר. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך. 

We update a systematic review on the association between knee extensor muscle weakness and the risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in women and men.

Eligible criteria for selecting studies Longitudinal studies with at least 2 years follow-up including baseline measure of knee extensor muscle strength, and follow-up measure of symptomatic or radiographic knee osteoarthritis.

Studies including participants with known knee osteoarthritis at baseline were excluded.

Risk of bias assessment was conducted using six criteria for study validity and bias. Grading of Recommendations Assessments, Development and Evaluation assessed overall quality of evidence.

Meta-analysis estimated the OR for the association between knee extensor muscle weakness and incident knee osteoarthritis.