The Association between Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis: In Bad Company?

Volume 3 • Isse 2 • 1000134 arthroplasty, as a result of the association of atrophic osteoarthritis with low body mass and osteoporotic fractures [15]. Some other examinations have demonstrated that 25 percent of postmenopausal women scheduled for undergoing total hip arthroplasty had hidden osteoporosis [16]. It has been also shown that osteoporosis could elevate the progression of osteoarthritis in animal models [7]. In fact, osteoporosis is associated with atrophic osteoarthritis. The patients with atrophic osteoarthritis always have low body mass and the higher risk of osteoporosis fractures. The differences between the reports in the literature about the relationship between osteoarthritis and osteoporosis can be due to the lack of consideration osteoarthritis subtypes [12].