Answer
The joints that are most likely to show degeneration with advancing age are the knee joints, the elbow joints, hip joints and shoulder joints.
Work Step by Step
Joints begin to show degenerative changes in some individuals as early as the second decade of life. In addition to those mentioned earlier intervertebral joints often show degenerative changes fairly early in life. Factors that affect the time of onset and the rate of deterioration are genetic inheritance, nutrition, and wear and tear induced by activities such as occupation, participation in some kinds of sports, and body mass index (obesity).
