Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria of patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Age > 50	Cardiovascular or neurological disorders
History of chronic pain (> 4 months)	Diabetes
Limitation of daily activities,	Atopy
Radiographic findings of degenerative joint changes (Kellgren-Lawrence grade III-IV)	Immunosuppressants or hip injections in the previous 6 months
	Other rheumatic diseases
	Knee/hip surgery
	Osteonecrosis
	Perthes disease, dysplasia, epiphysiolysis