Systemic factors definition
Examples of Systemic factors in a sentence
Systemic factors determine an individual’s susceptibility to the impact of local biomechanical factors in developing osteoarthritis (Figure 2).
Pathogenesis of osteoarthritis with putative risk factors (▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ Intern Med 2000) Systemic factors Age Sex Ethnic characteristics Bone density ERT1 Genetics susceptibility to Local biomechanical factors Obesity Joint injury Joint deformity Sports participation Muscle weakness Other systemic factors 1Estrogen replacement therapy (in postmenopausal women) Outline of the thesis The present thesis concerns osteoathritis in patients at middle age.