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Knee pain, knee injury, knee osteoarthritis & work
Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2015Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) can be viewed as the end result of a molecular cascade which ensues after certain triggers occur and ultimately results in irreversible damage to the articular cartilage. The clinical phenotype that knee OA can produce is variable and often difficult to accurately predict.
Dulay, G.S., Cooper, C., Dennison, E.M.
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Pneumatic Osteoarthritis Knee Brace
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2009Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic disease that necessitates long term therapeutic intervention. Biomechanical studies have demonstrated an improvement in the external adduction moment with application of a valgus knee brace. Despite being both efficacious and safe, due to their rigid frame and bulkiness, current designs of knee braces create discomfort ...
Dimitrije, Stamenović +3 more
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Obesity and knee osteoarthritis
Inflammopharmacology, 2012The association between obesity and knee osteoarthritis, and specifically the role of obesity as a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis has been well documented. A systematic review and meta-analysis by Blagojevic et al. in Osteoarthr Cartil 18(1):24-33, (2010) examined 36 papers reporting on BMI and found that all studies demonstrated obesity and being
Ryan, Lee, Walter F, Kean
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Imaging of knee osteoarthritis
Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2008New imaging modalities are broadening the possibilities in osteoarthritis (OA) research, and are offering new insights to help better understand the pathogenesis of this disease. Although knee radiographs are widely employed in epidemiological and clinical studies to assess structural pathology, joint radiographs provide limited outcome measures in ...
A J, Teichtahl +3 more
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1971
Osteoarthritis of the knee is a frequent cause of severe disability in the elderly patient. Usually these patients develop a varus or valgus deformity, with narrowing of the joint space due to articular cartilage destruction on the medial or lateral side.
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Osteoarthritis of the knee is a frequent cause of severe disability in the elderly patient. Usually these patients develop a varus or valgus deformity, with narrowing of the joint space due to articular cartilage destruction on the medial or lateral side.
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Pathomechanics of knee osteoarthritis
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 1994Osteoarthritis of the knee is not only common, but is also responsible for a significant amount of disability in the aging population. Although the exact etiology of this disease process is not known, osteoarthritis has been well described. The primary site affected by osteoarthritis is the articular cartilage.
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Knee osteoarthritis management therapies
Pain Management Nursing, 2000Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of pain and long-term disability in the elderly, and the incidence among middle-aged adults is considerable. Well-recognized risk factors associated with knee OA include age, women, being overweight or obese, major knee injury, and occupational overuse of the knee.
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Osteoarthritis in Elderly Knees
Southern Medical Journal, 1996This review of osteoarthritis of the knees in the elderly touches on the clinical presentation and examination, epidemiology, etiology, radiologic characteristics, and origin of the pain. The discussion includes drug treatment, intra-articular drug use, nondrug therapy, and the role of arthroscopy and joint lavage.
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Viscosupplementation for knee osteoarthritis
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2014To provide an overview of the diagnosis and pathophysiology of osteoarthritis (OA), and to describe appropriate treatments for knee OA, with a focus on the efficacy and safety of viscosupplementation. Because nurse practitioners (NPs) can inject viscosupplements, a section on injection technique is included.Manuscripts were identified using PubMed and ...
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Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2004
Vijay B. Vad +2 more
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