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A Midwestern woman's plain account of arthritic knees, weak bones, and the joint surgery she stopped putting off.
Women's joint and bone health, from the first ache to a new knee.

Women's Knee and Joint Health Resources

The organisations gathered below are the independent, authoritative ones we steer readers toward on knee osteoarthritis, joint health, and replacement. Their material is reliable and evidence-based, and it is what we lean on when researching an article. Where it is useful, we have flagged the sources that speak to how things look in women specifically.

Osteoarthritis and clinical evidence

  • OARSI (Osteoarthritis Research Society International), international guidance on the non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis, including exercise and weight.
  • Cochrane, systematic reviews of the evidence on knee osteoarthritis treatments, from exercise and injections to surgery.
  • World Health Organization (WHO), worldwide figures showing how much disability osteoarthritis drives, and how heavily that falls on women.

Knee replacement and orthopaedics

  • AAOS OrthoInfo, the patient library of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, covering replacement of the whole or part of the joint, the road back, and what you can do once you are through it.
  • Mayo Clinic, Knee replacement, a walk-through of the procedure itself, its risks, and what the experience tends to involve.

Arthritis and living with joint pain

  • Arthritis Foundation, patient information and self-management resources for knee osteoarthritis.
  • Versus Arthritis, plain-language information on knee osteoarthritis and daily life with joint pain.

Since how care is reached and what it costs vary so much between countries and health systems, we keep those specifics general and send you to your own clinicians for the detail. Treat the links above as reference points only; our Medical Disclaimer covers the rest.