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What joints does osteoarthritis commonly affect? with Dr Qiang Liu

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Joint Action With David Hunter

The biggest joints that are affected in terms of their prevalence are knee and hand around the world. 500 million people being affected is a large number but unfortunately the prevalence estimates suggest that's going to continue to escalate unless we do something from a public health perspective about slowing that rise. We know that the aging population, increasing obesity, increasing numbers of females that are affected is having a big impact on the prevalence of disease.

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