OBJECTIVE To measure the validity and reliability of the WOMAC, IKDC and Lysholm questionnaires among patients with knee osteoarthritis and determine the influence of age on their scores. METHOD Fifty-seven patients diagnosed with primary osteoarthritis of the knee answered the SF-36, WOMAC, IKDC and Lysholm questionnaires. Validity was tested by measuring the correlation (Pearson's correlati...

INTRODUCTION To determine if structural bone parameters obtained from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) contribute to the prediction of progression of hip osteoarthritis (OA) and to test if the difference between the most affected (OA) hip and the contralateral hip adds to this prediction. METHODS The study group involves a prospective cohort of 189 patients that met the American College...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of aquatic exercise and education on fall risk factors in older adults with hip osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD Seventy-nine adults, 65 years of age or older with hip OA and at least 1 fall risk factor, were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: aquatics and education (AE; aquatic exercise twice a wk with once-a-wk group education), aquatics only (A; 2 wk aquatic ex...

BACKGROUND Several epidemiological studies have shown a lower prevalence of osteoporotic hip fractures in patients with osteoarthritis. Other studies have demonstrated elevated bone mineral density in patients with osteoarthritis. The prevailing view is that there may be an inverse relationship between osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. The purposes of the present study were to describe a subgrou...

OBJECTIVE Muscle strengthening exercises have been shown to improve pain and function in adults with mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis, but individual response rates can vary greatly. Predicting individuals who respond and those who do not is important in developing a more efficient and effective model of care for knee osteoarthritis (OA). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to use pre-...

Various factors have been considered important in the rate of progression of osteoarthritis of the hip, though few data are available from large longitudinal studies. One hundred and thirty six patients referred to hospital (85 women, 51 men; mean age 65 years, range 29-86 years) with osteoarthritis of the hip (192 affected hips) were followed up for a median of 27 (range 3-72) months. One hund...

One of the fundamental problem to solved, connected with a way of proceeding in hip osteoarthritis is appropriate selection of diagnosis methods. Various scores helps in assessment of functional efficiency of the hip. They are applied on variable stages of diagnosis process, assumed way of treatment included physiotherapy and to analysis achieved results of treatment. Universal applied scores a...

OBJECTIVES To establish the risk of falling among those who consult their general practitioner with a new episode of hip pain and to discover if risk is altered by age and according to whether, at presentation, signs of osteoarthritis are present on radiography. METHODS A case-control study was conducted. Cases were all patients who presented with a new episode of hip pain to participating ge...

The relationship between hip deformities and osteoarthritis has recently received a lot of attention. In particular, it has been shown that both osteoarthritis and its precursors, such as the hip deformities that lead to femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), are more prevalent in elite athletes compared with the general population. However, the etiology of the above-mentioned types of hip deformi...

Introduction: Advances in image quality from modern Dual Energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanners now allow near radiograph-like quality images at a low radiation dose. This opens potential new applications for the use of DXA scanners to study other musculoskeletal conditions, such as osteoarthritis which is often investigated by visual assessment of radiographs. Together, osteoporosis and os...