• @lauha
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    310 months ago

    They are statistically the largest reason for knee problems. I wouldn’t call that bias.

    • @Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldOP
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      210 months ago

      Fair enough. I guess I’m the one with the bias since it’s rare around my circles! Or maybe I should say other causes are overly common in my circles?

      I knew excess weight and age were linked to osteoporosis, but not necessarily knee pain in general (like tendinopathy, or MCL/ACL strains).

      I must be underestimating osteo cases. Or perhaps my population/region has fewer osteo cases than yours.

      • @lauha
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        210 months ago

        Not osteoporosis. Osterarthritis. Besides, being overweight (think bmi) regardless of if it is fat or muscle is bad for your knees and heart.

        • @Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldOP
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          210 months ago

          I thought BMI was generally replaced with BMI + WC? BMI is certainly a useful population tool and quick heuristic, but lacks depth. But I’ve been out of this topic for a while.

          I’m very confident my knee pain comes from load carrying. If I add the average load carried to my bodyweight, I had a BMI of >40 for over a decade, definitely falls on line with your theory!

          I would guess external load doesn’t have the same heart effect as body mass, but again, out of my depth.