India, May 12 -- A new study led by Joona Tapio and Antti Kemppainen from the University of Oulu suggests that knee joints can undergo silent deterioration long before any pain appears. This may explain why many 33-year-olds already show signs of cartilage damage in their knees despite experiencing no discomfort. Also read | Knee pain stopping you from being active? Expert shares 6 tips on how you can modify your exercises

Published in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, the study found that structural damage in the knees is surprisingly common among adults in their 30s-even in those with no symptoms. In fact, nearly two-thirds of the young adults studied had cartilage damage or bone growths that had likely developed over years or ...