They looked at more than 100 women aged between 50 and 70 waiting for knee surgery, and found that choice of shoes was not a factor.
The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health.
More than 2% of the population aged over 55 suffers extreme pain as a result of osteoarthritis of the knee.
The condition is twice as common in 65-year-old women as it is in men the same age.
Women’s and men’s knees are not biologically different, so the researchers wanted to find out why twice as many women as men develop osteoarthritis in the joint.
Some researchers have speculated that high-heeled shoes may be to blame.
The women in the study were quizzed on details of their height and weight when they left school, between 36 and 40 and between 51 and 55.
They were asked about injuries, their jobs, smoking and use of contraceptive hormones.
However, while many of these factors were linked to an increased risk over the years, tottering around in high heels for years was not.
研究人員稱，人們害怕穿高跟鞋會導致膝蓋關節炎是沒有根據的。
牛津布魯克斯大學研究小組發現，肥胖、吸煙或者以前膝蓋受過傷會增加得關節炎的危險。
他們對年齡在50～70歲之間的100名將要做關節手術的婦女進行了調查，發現鞋子並不是導致關節炎的原因。
該研究發表在《流行病學與公共衛生》雜誌上。
55歲以上的人群中有超過2%的人忍受著膝蓋關節炎帶來的極度痛苦。
這種情況在65歲的婦女中發生的幾率是同齡男性的兩倍。
女性和男性的膝蓋在生理上並沒有什麼不同，所以研究者們想知道為什麼患關節炎的女性人數是男性的兩倍。
有研究者推測高跟鞋可能是罪魁禍首。
參加該項研究的婦女們被詳細詢問了她們在畢業時、36到40歲之間，51到55歲之間的身高和體重。
研究人員還詢問了她們的受傷、工作、吸煙和使用避孕激素的情況。
然而，多年來，許多因素都增加了患關節炎的危險，但是常年穿著高跟鞋走路並不是原因之一。
選擇高跟鞋之必讀攻略
第一章 The Best Poses for Women (2)
俗話說，鞋穿在腳上，舒不舒服隻有自己知道，對於高跟鞋而言，更是如此，要兼顧美觀及舒適，並非想像中那麼簡單。
A.入門級：5~7厘米。對女性來說，5~7厘米是最受歡迎、最安全的美麗高度，特別是5.5厘米的鞋跟，性感、易行走。
B.進階級：10厘米。10厘米的高跟鞋很具誘惑性，尤其是細跟晚裝鞋，大多都是這個高度。
C.專業級：14厘米。近年來坡跟鞋的大熱，令高跟鞋屢創新高，14厘米超高跟鞋是Chanel設計師Karl Largerfeld認為最適合與超迷你裙搭配的款式，能夠令全身線條更加修長，讓女人產生超性感的魅力。