What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine the relationship between body composition and pain or physical function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis.

April 15, 2026Open Access

Pain and Patient‐Reported Physical Function Did Not Differ Between Body Composition Profiles in Patients with Hip Osteoarthritis

Key Points

To examine the relationship between body composition and pain or physical function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis.
Cross-sectional sample of patients with hip osteoarthritis
Assessment of body composition profiles
Evaluation of patient-reported pain and physical function
No association was found between body composition and pain levels
No significant differences in physical function were observed among different body composition profiles

Abstract

Body composition was not associated with pain or patient-reported physical function in this cross-sectional sample of individuals with hip OA. Future research could incorporate more precise measures of muscle mass and explore functional phenotypes, including those based on muscle strength, to better understand symptom burden.

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Ryan et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df2b04e4eeef8a2a6afff0 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.80058

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