More than 500 million people around the world live with osteoarthritis. The knee is affected more often than any other joint, ...

Cartilage calcification is associated with knee osteoarthritis (OA). A study by Mitsuyama et al., however, suggests that calcification is primarily a consequence of aging rather than OA.

“Everyone’s knees crack and pop ... There are a number of things that may cause knee pain or stiffness, including meniscus tears, cartilage damage, arthritis, thickened tissue from an injury ...

Ball wanted to meet with the family of a man who donated knee cartilage he received in a transplant two years ago.

It provides stability to the knee and reduces weight ... a partial meniscectomy thins areas of cartilage, creating weaknesses that can cause them to crack, split, or tear when placed under stress.

Ball signed jerseys and took pictures Wednesday with the family of the late Alex Reinhardt of Dakota Dunes, S.D., who died at ...

When soccer players suffer from pain around the front of their knee, they are likely experiencing a condition known as patellofemoral pain. This pain may be caused by soft cartilage under the ...

Vlatko Cancar explains why it was both “a good thing and a bad thing that I went under the knife” last December.

Amin and colleagues, therefore, investigated the effects of smoking on cartilage loss and knee pain in men with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Their 30 month study evaluated 159 men (mean age 68 years ...