Panaji, Sep 10 (IANS) Senior citizens in the Indian sub-continent suffer a 15 percent more severe attack of osteo-arthritis in their knee joints as compared to their counterpart Caucasians from Europe or northern America, a specialist orthopaedic surgeon said here Saturday.

ELKHART -- Elkhart General Hospital will offer the free public seminar, Knee Hip Arthritis: Symptoms and Treatment Options, from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday in the hospital's prenatal classroom in the west wing.

Arthritis of the knee can be a life-altering condition but diagnosis is the first step to treatment. According to Walden University, three types of arthritis can affect the knee joint: Post-traumatic arthritis caused by injury or excessive wear and tear, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than 14 million visits were made to physicians' offices in 2008 by patients with knee problems; could obesity be the underlying factor? One new study found that while weight loss via bariatric surgery may improve knee pain in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis, there may be permanent damage to the knee from being morbidly obese. For a long time people felt there ...

New studies will help patients better understand the role that obesity plays in knee arthritis and recovery from knee surgery More than 14 million visits were made to physicians' offices in 2008 by patients with knee problems. Five new studies presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) look at the effect that obesity has on knee arthritis and a ...