The term osteoarthritis describes a common, age-related, heterogeneous group of disorders
characterised pathologically by focal areas of loss of articular cartilage in synovial joints …

Symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) causes substantial physical and psychosocial disability.
This article delineates the characteristic symptoms and signs associated with OA and how …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the US national prevalence of tibiofemoral radiographic knee
osteoarthritis (RKOA) with and without symptoms, and its influence on functional tasks …

Importance Osteoarthritis is a prevalent, debilitating, and costly chronic disease for which
recommended first-line treatment is underused. Objective To compare the effect of an …

Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common of all arthropathies, is a leading cause of disability and
has a large (and growing) worldwide socioeconomic cost. Despite its burgeoning …

Background We consider the relationships between a clinical and radiological diagnosis of
knee or hip OA and activities of daily-living (ADL) in older adults. Methods Data were …

This volume raises central theoretical issues regarding behavioural reconstruction in human
osteological research. Because behavioural reconstructions have become increasingly …

Most sociological and epidemiological studies of health status in adulthood rely on reports of
morbidity from respondents to social surveys. This study compares self-reported morbidity …

Results Identification of the microorganism was possible for 28 cases (65.1%) yielding K.
kingae in 23 cases (82.1%). Mean age of children with K. kingae OAI was 19.6 months. Less …

Background Hip abductor muscle weakness may result in impaired frontal-plane pelvic
control during gait, leading to greater medial compartment loading in people with knee …