Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease characterized by the destruction of cartilage in joints, causing stiffness, pain, and impaired movement. The condition most commonly affects joints knees, hands, feet, spine, often shoulders hips. Knee osteoarthritis major public health problem that causes pain reduces physical function quality life. This study determined relationship between degree level pat...

BACKGROUND Plain radiography is the first choice for diagnosis and monitoring of knee-osteoarthritis (OA) while, Kellgren-Lawrence score (KL) is most widely used to grade OA severity. However, incompetency for reproducibility of joint space measurement in longitudinal assessment and non-linearity of KL-score system, limits radiography-based early diagnosis of the disease. Glycosaminoglycan (GAG...

OBJECTIVE Determinants of radiographic progression in osteoarthritis (OA) are poorly understood. We investigated which features on baseline magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acted as predictors of change in joint space width (JSW). METHODS A total of 559 men and women over the age of 50 years with clinical knee OA [Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grade 2-3] were recruited to the placebo arm of the SEKO...

The wide range of estimates of the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis which is evident from a study of surveys undertaken in Great Britain and other countries (Cobb and Lawrence, 1957; Cobb, Warren, Merchant, and Thompson, 1957) is open to two interpretations: either large regional differences do exist or the diagnostic criteria adopted in these surveys are insufficiently standardized for valid...

Osteoarthritis is a chronic joint disease that causes pain, disability, and loss of function. More than 80% cases osteoarthritis affect the knee joint. The exact cause still unknown, but it generally associated with aging obesity. This study aimed to determine relationship between age severity osteoarthritis. research used cross-sectional involving patients who suffered from Data on gender was ...

Background and purpose — Literature describing long-term functional outcome osteoarthritis (OA) in adjacent joints after femoral lengthening is rare. We evaluated physical function the presence of radiographic OA 10 patients ? 27 years lengthening.Patients methods conducted a cross-sectional study treated by unilateral lengthening. Follow-up was between 34 years. Physical 30-second sit-to-stand...

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) leads to the damage of all joint components, with consequent proprioceptive impairment leading a decline in balance and an increase risk falls. This study was aimed at assessing postural stability proprioception patients knee OA, relation between severity OA functional performance. Thirty-eight were recruited. classified Kellgren–Lawrence score. Postural assessed double...

Introduction-Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate procedure (BMAC) is a novel regenerative technique. Aim-to show BMAC's success in relieving osteoarthritic knee sufferings Iraqi patients. Methods-It retrospective, descriptive investigation of 300 patients who suffered from grades 1-3 Kellgren-Lawrence Grading for knees, aged (35- 64) years, both genders after oral consent at "Al Zahrawy Center Ste...