Background
Osteoarthritis, OA
OSTEOARTHRITIS
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and hip are two of the major global medical conditions. A study examining the current health status of German citizens showed that the prevalence for OA in the group of 45- to 64-year-old German citizens was 23.3% for females and 16.6% for males. In the over 65 age group, half of the females (48.1%) and one third of the males (31.2%) were already affected by OA [