Osteoarthritis (OA) is a type of degenerative joint disease that results from breakdown of joint cartilage and underlying bone. It is believed to be the...
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Arthritis (section Osteoarthritis)
arthritis. The most common forms are osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis usually occurs with age and affects...
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disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug (DMOAD) is a disease-modifying drug that would inhibit or even reverse the progression of osteoarthritis. Since the main...
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Wrist osteoarthritis is gradual loss of articular cartilage and hypertrophic bone changes (osteophytes). While in many joints this is part of normal aging...
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Post-traumatic arthritis (redirect from Posttraumatic osteoarthritis)
arthritis (PTAr) is a form of osteoarthritis following an injury to a joint. Post-traumatic arthritis is a form of osteoarthritis and the former can occur...
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Trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis (TMC OA) is, also known as osteoarthritis at the base of the thumb, thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis, basilar (or basal)...
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Radiographic systems to classify osteoarthritis vary by which joint is being investigated. In osteoarthritis, the choice of treatment is based on pain...
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Knee arthritis (section Osteoarthritis of the knee)
arthritis include those related to wear and tear of cartilage, such as osteoarthritis, to those associated with inflammation resulting from an overactive...
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and function of joints, and the marketing is targeted to people with osteoarthritis. Commonly sold forms of glucosamine are glucosamine sulfate, glucosamine...
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Osteoarthritis and Cartilage is monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in orthopedics and rheumatology. It is an official journal of the...
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Pentosan polysulfate (section Osteoarthritis)
pentosan polysulfate was one of the first reported disease-modifying osteoarthritis drugs (DMOAD). The IUPAC name for pentosan polysulfate is [(2R,3R,4S...
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Joint injection (section Efficacy in osteoarthritis)
gout, tendinitis, bursitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and occasionally osteoarthritis. A hypodermic needle is injected into the affected joint where it delivers...
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sulfate has become a widely used dietary supplement for treatment of osteoarthritis, although large clinical trials failed to demonstrate any symptomatic...
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Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease (redirect from Chondrocalcinosis with early-onset osteoarthritis)
calcification in hyaline and/or fibrocartilage. "Osteoarthritis (OA) with CPPD" reflects a situation where osteoarthritis features are the most apparent. Pyrophosphate...
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Arthroscopy (section Knee osteoarthritis)
studies have shown the outcomes from knee arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis and degenerative meniscal tears are no better than the outcomes from...
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Knee (section Chronic pain from osteoarthritis)
rotation. The knee is vulnerable to injury and to the development of osteoarthritis. It is often termed a compound joint having tibiofemoral and patellofemoral...
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Methylsulfonylmethane (section Osteoarthritis)
suggested some benefits, particularly for treatment of oxidative stress and osteoarthritis, but evidence for other uses is lacking. Natural Medicines Comprehensive...
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"Presence and extent of severe facet joint osteoarthritis are associated with back pain in older adults". Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 21 (9): 1199–1206. doi:10...
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The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) is a widely used, proprietary set of standardized questionnaires used by health...
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Gene therapy for osteoarthritis is the application of gene therapy to treat osteoarthritis (OA). Unlike pharmacological treatments which are administered...
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canina (rosehip) reduce pain in osteoarthritis patients?--a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials". Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 16 (9): 965–72...
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more than 200 types of these diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, lupus, back pain, osteoporosis, and tendinitis. Some of these...
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canine monoclonal antibody used for the control of pain associated with osteoarthritis in dogs. Librela is sponsored by Zoetis. The most common side effects...
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excess synovial fluid build-up in the knee joint. These may include: Osteoarthritis knee pain usually occurs while the joint is bearing weight, so the pain...
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Loeys–Dietz syndrome (redirect from Aneurysms-osteoarthritis syndrome)
Marfan syndrome type 2 3 SMAD3 15q22.33 613795 Also known as Aneurysms-osteoarthritis syndrome 4 TGFB2 1q41 614816 5 TGFB3 14q24.3 615582 6 SMAD2 18q21.1...
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common diseases that affect the cartilage are listed below. Osteoarthritis: Osteoarthritis is a disease of the whole joint, however, one of the most affected...
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Carpometacarpal joint (redirect from Carpometacarpal osteoarthritis)
thumb. The most important joint connecting the wrist to the metacarpus, osteoarthritis of the TMC is a severely disabling condition; up to twenty times more...
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Nerve growth factor inhibitor (section Osteoarthritis)
potential in treatment of certain chronic pain disorders, including osteoarthritis, and chronic lower back pain. Two NGF inhibitors (tanezumab, and fasinumab)...
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Acromioclavicular joint (section Osteoarthritis)
injured ligament. Osteoarthritis of the acromioclavicular joint is not uncommon. It may be caused by a prior trauma (secondary osteoarthritis) or occur as...
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breakdown of the articular cartilage results in osteoarthritis – the most common type of joint disease. Osteoarthritis affects over 30 million individuals in the...
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