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People and risk factors for osteoarthritis (osteoarthritis)
People at risk
- People whose joints are in a wrong axis. This is the case, for example, of people who have their knees turned inward or outward (knee leg’d ou varum);
- People with hereditary predisposition.
Risk factors
- Age;
- Obesity;
- The repetitive movements caused by work or sport, which over time cause joint damage (see the special section Joints (sport and work));
- Intensive practice of some sports (rugby, soccer, tennis…);
- The trauma joints (sprains, fractures, dislocations);
- A lack of physical activity, which decreases muscle tone, reduces blood supply to the muscles and therefore leads to poor oxygenation of the cartilage;
- The port of high heels (for osteoarthritis of the knee).