Knee Osteoarthritis and the Risk of Medically Treated Injurious Falls among Older Adults

June 19, 2019

Webinar Information: 

Kamil E. Barbour, PhD, MPH, MS will present, “Knee Osteoarthritis and the Risk of Medically Treated Injurious Falls among Older Adults.” Using data from the Health ABC Knee Osteoarthritis Substudy, a community-based study of white and black older adults, researchers tested associations between knee OA status and the risk of injurious falls among 734 older adults. Dr. Barbour and colleagues found that knee symptomatic radiographic OA was independently associated with an increased risk of injurious falls in older men, but not in older women.

About the speaker:

CDR (Sel.) Kamil E. Barbour, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist with the CDC’s Arthritis Program. Dr. Barbour’s research interests include general arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and fractures. He has also deployed for numerous public health emergencies including cholera, polio, Ebola, and Zika. Dr. Barbour received a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and M.S. in Biostatistics from the University of Pittsburgh, and a MPH from Brown University. He trained in epidemiology with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Services Officer. He has authored over 50 journal articles and received numerous Public Health Service Awards.

 

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