Implications of a sex difference in osteoarthrosis.

The efficacy of a home-mechanical traction unit for patients with mild to moderate cervical osteoarthrosis: A pilot study

Background: Traction has been suggested to be an effective treatment for symptoms of neck disorder in patients with no contraindications. However, according to previous researches, the effectiveness of traction is controversial, particularly compared to other conservative treatments. This trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of sustained traction, using an over-the-door home cervical trac...

Alterations in appendicular skeletal mass in patients with rheumatoid, psoriatic, and osteoarthropathy.

Appendicular bone mass was measured in a series of 50 patients with non-steroid treated rheumatoid arthritis, 20 with polyarticular seronegative psoriatic arthritis, and 30 with osteoarthrosis, and compared with that of 40 controls of similar age and sex. Distal forearm bone mineral content was reduced in patients with rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis and increased in those with osteoarthrosi...

Osteoarthrosis in a rural South African Negro population.

The prevalence and distribution of osteoarthrosis has been studied in a South African Negro population. One or more joints were affected in 60% of the males and 48% of the females, compared with a prevalence of 55% in males and 63% in females in a comparable English population. Multiple osteoarthrosis was significantly less common in the African than in the English population, the difference he...

Osteoarthrosis of the hip joint and sexual activity.

Heberden's nodes and osteoarthrosis of the hip.

no significant association between osteoarthrosis of the weight bearing joints (hips and knees) and Heberden's nodes in a controlled study.2 My main criticism of the McGoldrick and O'Brien paper is that they do not compare like with like. The prevalence and severity of the nodes in their axillary, superomedial, and protrusion groups combined (representing primary OA) is indeed higher than in th...