Thigh Muscle Specific‐Strength and the Risk of Incident Knee Osteoarthritis: The Influence of Sex and Greater Body Mass Index

Objective To determine whether lower thigh muscle specific‐strength increases the risk of incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis (RKOA), and whether there exists a sex‐specific relationship between thigh muscle specific‐strength and body mass index (BMI). Methods A total of 161 Osteoarthritis Initiative participants (62% female) with incident RKOA (Kellgren/Lawrence grade 0/1 at baseline, developing an osteophyte and joint space narrowing...