...Osteoarthritis is a degenerative arthritis, a condition in which joint cartilage breaks down. New tissue, which grows at the ends of bones, now has no cartilage cap to control it. Instead, this new bone forms into strange lips and spurs that grind and grate and get in the way of movement of the joint. Osteoarthritis is common in older people after years of wear-and-tear that thin the cartilage and the bones. Osteoarthritis can also result from diseases in which there is softening of the bone, like Paget's disease in which the long bones of the body curve like a bow, or osteoporosis with its bowing of the shoulder called "dowager's hump," or the breakdown of other bones. Other forms of arthritis can also cause a secondary osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is not an inevitable problem of aging. Those who don't suffer from it may have their heredity and possibly the strength of their immune systems to thank. Medical science is not quite sure of all the factors that come into play in deciding who gets osteoarthritis and who doesn't. Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory arthritis. It is second only to osteoarthritis in the number of its victims. It affects primarily the small joints in the hands and feet and the synovium, causing crippling deformities. This is an arthritis that usually starts in middle age or earlier. Estimates of the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis run as high as one person in every hundred, and females are two to three times as likely to suffer from it. It seems...
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...What is Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis (or OA for short) is the most common type of arthritis and is associated with joint pain and reduced range of motion and quality of life. It is a vast, chronic condition which affects the weight bearing joints and involves biomechanical, morphologic and biochemical alterations of the matrix and cells of the bone. Common symptoms are pain in the affected joint area and loss of mobility however, structural changes may occur without any accompanying symptoms. In itself, OA is not a life threatening condition although it can affect considerably the quality of life. OA can be classified depending on the number of joints affected, the site which it affects and also the type. By type, one means whether it is inflammatory, generalised (affects many joints) or erosive (David & Lloyd, 1998). Osteoarthritis may also be divided into primary idiopathic or secondary. In primary OA there are no preceding injuries or trauma which could have caused it. The main cause is repetitive stress on the joint and cumulative changes to the joint surfaces. It is typically found in women over the age of forty five which repeatedly stress the same joints such as the knees and hips. Secondary OA, on the other hand, is caused by a previous condition, injury or disease. Injury to the joint, gout, rheumatoid arthritis and even obesity may eventually lead to the development of secondary OA (Koopman, 2000) Osteoarthritis Affecting the Knee Joint The knee is the most...
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...Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) affects millions of people around the world and is one of the most common joint diseases in the older population (3). There is no current cure for osteoarthritis, but there are several treatments available to help reduce the pain associated with OA. Some of these current treatments include physical activity and exercise, physical and occupational therapy, acupuncture, vitamins and joint supplements, topical creams, NSAIDS, steroid injections, viscosupplementation, and surgery (1-2). But a relatively new biological treatment is being used as an option before major surgery. This treatment is the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP). PRP involves the use of one’s own body to promote the healing process in the affected...
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...For those affected by osteoarthritis the quality and effectiveness of their treatment has a direct effect on their quality of life. Without effective treatment, pain and joint stiffening can hinder a person to the point that they can no longer mobilise, significantly increasing their risk of contracting a number of serious complications and comorbidities, such as deep vein thrombosis, pressure sores, pneumonia, weakness and decreased range of movement in the joints. Unfortunately no cure exists for osteoarthritis at present, as the mechanism by which it arises and progresses is still not completely understood. Therefore, the goal of treatment is to alleviate the signs and symptoms of the disease and, if possible, to slow its progression Controlling pain and the mechanisms that cause pain is currently the most effective method of preventing this condition from becoming debilitating. Each patient’s treatment is individual and based on assessing several factors, such as severity of the osteoarthritis, the affected joints, the nature of the symptoms, any existing medical conditions, their age, occupation, lifestyle factors and activities of daily living. The treatment ranges from at home care to physiotherapy, orthopaedic aids and orthoses, pharmacological treatment, and finally surgery and rehabilitation The first line of treatment in osteoarthritis is usually lifestyle changes such as exercise, weight reduction, and smoking cessation. These measures will give the body the best chance...
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...Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. Osteoarthritis breaks down the cartilage inn your joints, when all the cartilage breaks down your bones start to rub together. Over time that the bones have been rubbing it has a permanent joint damage. Causes of osteoarthritis A person who get osteoarthritis is from being overweight, injuries, genes, older age, and gender role. Being overweight puts pressure on the hips and knees. Since you carry all that excessive weight it causes the cartilage to break down. If you get injured or tearing something it’s at risk of it become osteoarthritis. You can inherit genes of osteoarthritis if any of your family have it. Once you get older your bones and cartilage are not that stronger...
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...Evaluation of MRI in diagnosing Osteoarthritis Clinical Presentation: A 65-year-old female presents to a primary care office with bilateral knee joint stiffness and pain that has been increasing for “some time.” She has a BMI of 30, and states the pain is worse upon movement, but becomes manageable with short rest. The patient states that the pain in her left knee is noticeably worse than her right knee. The patient is now retired but used worked at a bakery that required frequent bending and standing for long periods of time. Physical exam showed a lack of range of motion and revealed mild tenderness to palpation of knees. The patient denies pain upon palpation of surrounding tissue. The patient also denies any recent trauma or injury to her lower, but stated that she did tear her meniscus in her left knee about 15 years ago. PICO: In patients who have suspected knee osteoarthritis is an CT scan alone sufficient for diagnosis based on the specificity and sensitivity of the test....
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...Osteoarthritis (OA), also known as degenerative joint disease is the most common inflammatory joint disease and disability in the United States. It is referred to as the “wear and tear” of joints. Osteoarthritis is a disease of the entire diarthrodial joint, including the articular cartilage, synovium, joint capsule, and subchondral bone, including surrounding muscles, bone, and ligaments (Pharmacotherapy, p. 1599). Osteoarthritis can affect any joint, but often occur in knees, hip, lower back, and small joints of the fingers causing pain, swelling, tenderness, decrease range of motion, weakness, and joint instability. In osteoarthritis, cartilage, a firm, smooth, connective tissue that covers the ends of each bone lubricated by synovial fluid,...
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...Review Article Knee Surg Relat Res 2012;24(4):193-200 http://dx.doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.2012.24.4.193 pISSN 2234-0726 · eISSN 2234-2451 Knee Surgery & Related Research Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis Young-Mo Kim, MD, PhD and Yong-Bum Joo, MD, PhD Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Research Institue for Medical Sciences, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea Patellofemoral arthritis is a fairly common disease, and it has been gaining interest with increasing number of studies due to its diverse treatment methods. Patellofemoral arthritis has a broad range of management options according to the characteristics of individual diseases. Identifying whether patellofemoral arthritis is the primary cause of knee pain and is compartment arthritis is necessary for establishing an adequate treatment method. rough investigation of the literature, the issues of recent knowledge of femoropatella arthritis and the diagnosis and treatment of which were studied. Key words: Patellofemoral arthritis, Diagnosis, Treatment. Introduction Unicompartmental arthritis of the knee generally refers to not only tibiofemoral arthritis but also to disorders of the patella and the cartilage. In particular, isolated patellofemoral arthritis is a relatively common disorder for which there has been increasing research regarding its treatment methods. Patellofemoral arthritis occurs due to the loss of the cartilage of the patella and the trochlear groove in approximately half...
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...Osteoarthritis was first discovered in 1925 by Russell Cecil and Benjamin Archer.Russell Cecil was an orthopedic surgeon and Benjamin Archer was an physician. Cecil and Archer named the disease the “menopause arthritis”. Years later they change it to Osteoarthritis because it was not related to menopause at all,after further research. Now to what is Osteoarthritis is exactly. Osteoarthritis also called degenerative arthritis is a type of arthritis that occurs when flexible tissue at the ends of bones wears down. Basically the joint is no longer able to move without friction and severe pain. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis, at least twenty-seven million Americans are affected by this disease. Around the age of eighty, mostly...
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...Osteoarthritis (OA), the most prevalent musculoskeletal condition, is a long-term chronic disease involving the thinning of cartilage in joints which results in bones rubbing together, engendering stiffness and pain, which often results in impaired forms of kineticism. Osteoarthritis withal can damage ligaments, menisci, and muscles. Bone or cartilage fragments may float in the joint space, causing exasperation and pain. Bone spurs, or osteophytes, may additionally develop, causing adscititious pain and potentially damaging circumventing tissues. OA is cognate with age, but is associated with a variety of both modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors, including obesity, lack of exercise, genetic predisposition, bone density, occupational injury, trauma, and gender....
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...Osteoarthritis is one of the most common ailments plaguing humanity. Since these pathological lesions are universal, osteoarthritis can be used to hypothesize behavioral changes in early populations (Bridges, 1992:67; Larsen, 1997:164-166; Waldron, 1995:385; 1992:235). There are multiple reasons for osteoarthritis to occur, and these can include repetitive use of a joint from exercise, activity, work, or even forced labor brought on during colonization. This degenerative disease is found in articulating joints. These are the joints that allow for movement in the body. Chronic breakdown of cartilage is the main cause of osteoarthritis and typically occurs from mechanical stressors, injury, and age. The effects of this breakdown, then...
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...Product Categories or From Our Search Bar (http://hwguiders.com/ ) Radio Ad Hello there! Many Americans are presently silently suffering from arthritis or osteoporosis are you one of them? Is pain making your everyday tasks difficult to complete because of persistent pain or from fear of falling while walking or doing easy tasks? You will be glad to know you are not alone. Bone and joint disease like osteoporosis and arthritis affect thousands of people in the United States and around world. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become porous and brittle. Porous, brittle bones are fragile, and prone to fractures from falls, bending over or even coughing (Osteoporosis, 2011). Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. Osteoarthritis a disease where the cartilage that covers the ends of bones deteriorates, and as the cartilage wears away the bones are exposed, and rub against each other (What is osteoathritis, 2011). This can be very painful, and can cause deformation. If there is deformation, the joints can no longer function smoothly. TO Download Complete Tutorial Hit Purchase Button HCA 240 Week 4 Radio Ad ( Material ) Get Tutorial by Clicking on the link below or Copy Paste Link in Your Browser https://hwguiders.com/downloads/hca-240-week-4-radio-ad-material/ For More Courses and Exams use this form ( http://hwguiders.com/contact-us/ ) Feel Free to Search your Class through Our Product Categories or From Our Search...
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...condition puts people at risk of fractures. Men in women are both affected by osteoporosis, but women are affected more than men. Postmenopausal woman are more likely to develop the condition, this is an asymptomatic condition. Our 84 year small boned white female is a candidate for osteoporosis. The most common risk factors are small frame, gender, age, ethnicity, and genetics. (MacGill, 2015) Osteoarthritis mostly affects the joint; it is sometimes called the degenerative joint disease. Osteoarthritis is more common in older people. More men are affected than women with osteoarthritis. Younger people can develop the disease usually as a result of a joint injury, a joint malformation, or a genetic defect. In osteoarthritis, the surface layer of the cartilage breaks and wears away; this than allow the bones under the cartilage to rub together, causing pain, swelling and loss of motion of the joint. Joints that the disease affects most are the fingers, thumbs, neck, lower back, knees and hips. Stiffness, swelling and crunching feeling in the joints areas would be a signs of osteoarthritis. (Gayle Lester, Ph.D., Joan McGowan, Ph,D.,, 2013) Muscular Atrophy is the wasting or loss of muscle tissue. There are two types of muscle atrophy. Disuse atrophy is when the muscle is not being use enough; this type is reversible with exercise and better nutrition. Neurogenic atrophy occurs when there is an injury, or disease of a nerve that connects to the muscle. Neurogenic atrophy is more...
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...Rheumatic diseases are painful conditions that are usually caused by inflammation, swelling, and pain in joints or muscles (Shiel, 2014). Two common rheumatic diseases include osteoarthritis, also known as the “wear and tear” arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis (Shiel, 2014). Many believe that the treatment of arthritis is limited to splinting, applying cold packs, and anti-inflammatory medications, but there is another type of treatment on the rise that can include multiple additional benefits on top of relieving pain; incorporating exercise into the daily lives of those with arthritis. With unique exercise...
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...by injury, some by aging, and some by entirely unknown causes. Infectious arthritis may follow influenza, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, syphilis or gonorrhea. Arthritis of an unknown cause is common and Rheumatoid arthritis is the worst form. Chronic arthritis is common. It has three main forms: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout. Osteoarthritis is an inflammatory condition of one or more joints the main symptoms of arthritis are joint pain and stiffness, which typically worsen with age. This is the most common form of arthritis. This disease is known as a degenerative joint disease. It affects about 80% of all Americans. The pain is caused by the degeneration of the joint. The damage to the cartilage occurs as the disease progresses and degenerates and may form some bony spurs at the end of the bones. The bones may grind against each other. Cartilage normally serves as a shock-absorbing cushion between the bones. When it breaks down it results in bones rubbing directly against one another during movement. This friction between the bones causes the bone to thicken, and spurs develop .As time goes on; these abrasions can cause permanent joint damage. Osteoarthritis is most common in the knees, hips, hands and spine. Rheumatoid arthritis is the worst form arthritis. It is a chronic autoimmune disease which affects the connective tissue and joints. This disease is very progressive, involving many joints. It causes the joint to swell and stiffen and fuse together...
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