Table 1.

Clinical features of the participants

Characteristics	OA
Number of participants	29
Sex, male/female	16/13
Age, mean (range)	62.8 (23–83)
Body mass index (mean)	26.74
OA stage: early/late	10/19
Joints affected by disease (yes/no)
Hip joint	29/0
Knee joint	8/21
Hands	4/25
Lumbar spine	10/19
Cervical spine	6/23
Feet	3/26
Surgery	8/21
Other diseases (yes/no)
Heart	11/18
Circulatory system	18/11
Lung	2/27
Liver	1/28
Urinary system	4/25
Thyroid	3/26
Metabolic	5/25
Nervous system	2/27
Spine	13/26
Sciatica	8/21