Osteoarthritis overview

PC Birchfield - Geriatric Nursing, 2001 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a nearly universal, slowly progressive degenerative condition affecting
men and women as they age. OA of the hip and knee represent two of the most significant …

Clinical assessment of the osteoarthritis patient

G Peat, P Croft, E Hay - Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2001 - Elsevier
It is becoming apparent that the disease process of osteoarthritis should be regarded
separately from the clinical syndrome of joint pain, use-related stiffness and disability. The …

Effect of alignment of the medial tibial plateau and x‐ray beam on apparent progression of osteoarthritis in the standing anteroposterior knee radiograph

SA Mazzuca, KD Brandt, PA Dieppe… - Arthritis & …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Previous studies of knee osteoarthritis (OA) have yielded variable estimates of the
rate of joint space narrowing (JSN) in the standing anteroposterior (AP) radiograph, due …

Chondral and osteochondral injuries: mechanisms of injury and repair responses

CR Chu - Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, 2001 - Elsevier
Repair and resurfacing of damaged joint cartilage is a major public health priority for this
millennium. Articular cartilage is susceptible to blunt and cumulative trauma as well as …

Le cartilage: de la mécanobiologie au traitement physique

F Rannou, S Poiraudeau, M Revel - Annales de réadaptation et de …, 2001 - Elsevier
Résumé Objectifs: Faire la revue des connaissances actuelles sur les rapports entre
lˈactivité physique, la biologie du cartilage et lˈarthrose ainsi que les déductions pour la …