Osteo-Arthritis of the Sterno-Clavicular Joint
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Osteo-arthritis of the sterno-clavicular joint.
According to Langen (1934), who made an extensive study of the pathology of degenerative processes in the sterno-clavicular joint in 200 necropsies, it may be involved from the age of 20 and constantly shows signs of osteo-arthritis after the age of 50. However, few authors seem to have made clinical observations of degenerative disease at this site (Bonola and Mastragostino, 1954; Westermann, ...
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symptoms as especially connoting osteo-arthritis; and of these he directs especial attention to " increased velocity and tension of the heart's action." He states that " a steady pulse of much tension, varying from 90 to no, is tolerably common. The pulse quickens synchronously with the earliest objective signs of osteo-arthritis." We are sorry that no sphygmographic tracings are given, and tha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1958
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.17.1.97