Background: Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects synovial joints and causes joint damage due to stresses caused by an abnormality in any of the synovial joint tissues, including articular cartilage, subchondral bone, ligaments, menisci, periarticular muscles, peripheral nerves, and synovium. Objectives: To compare the effect of Sensory Motor Training versus Impairment Ba...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between joint complaints and locomotor disability. METHODS During a home interview survey 1901 men and 3135 women aged 55 years and over (the Rotterdam Study) were asked about joint pain and morning stiffness in the past month, and locomotor disability was assessed by six questions from the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). RESULTS The prevalence ...

BACKGROUND Normal sacroiliac (SI) joints vary widely in shape, and it is unclear whether SI joint morphology plays a role in the development of pain. To answer this question, we used 3D-CT surface rendering to image healthy study participants and used the resulting images to develop a classification system for SI joint morphology. In a case-control study comparing health research participants t...

BACKGROUND The sacroiliac joint is a diarthrodial synovial joint with abundant innervation and capability of being a source of low back pain and referred pain in the lower extremity. There are no definite historical, physical, or radiological features to provide definite diagnosis of sacroiliac joint pain, although many authors have advocated provocational maneuvers to suggest sacroiliac joint ...

a 78-year-old woman presented with epigastric pain following the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) for joint pain relief. she underwent ugi endoscopy. during ugi endoscopy she suffered from severe retching despite the use of sedatives. at 6 hours after the procedure, she developed raccoon eyes with chemosis. biopsy from the gastrointestinal (gi) mucosa revealed amyloidosis.

Background: People with knee osteoarthritis have a low quality of life due to joint pain and stiffness that severely limits their daily activities.  This study aims to investigate the impact of self-acupressure on the pain, joint stiffness and physical functioning of patients with osteoarthritis. Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 78 patients aged 50 to 70 years with knee...

Patients 405 women at 33 weeks of gestation were classified into 5 subgroups on the basis of their history and objective pelvic joint pain (> 1 positive test from a joint): the pelvic girdle syndrome (n=118; daily pain in all 3 pelvic joints); symphysiolysis (n=38; daily pain in pubic symphysis only); the 1-sided sacroiliac syndrome (n=98; daily pain from 1 sacroiliac joint alone); the doublesi...