AIM To estimate the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) of different joints in rural areas of Iran. METHODS From five villages of Tuyserkan County, 1565 individuals were randomly selected and were interviewed to complete the Community Oriented Programme for Control of the Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) Core Questionnaire. Among these cases 1192 cases with rheumatic complaints were examined by a r...

We describe a new method for the reconstruction of ruptures of the patellar ligament or the quadriceps tendon, using the flexible open-weave polyester Leeds-Keio prosthetic ligament. Of 25 operations performed since 1985, we were able to review 18 patients (19 knees) with a mean follow-up of 3.5 years (3 to 6.5). No patient had required immobilisation of the knee after operation and the average...

Accepted 25 June 1997 A 52-year-old man presented to Accident and Emergency complaining of pain in his right upper chest and right arm which he attributed to falling out of bed approximately 36 hours earlier. On examination he was apyrexial, normotensive and mildly tachypnoeic. His right upper arm and chest were swollen and crepitant to palpation. There were no open wounds. Chest examination wa...

January 2009 E25 U se of allografts for cruciate ligament reconstruction in the knee is increasing in popularity, but graft selection remains controversial. There is a dearth of information on long-term outcomes of allografts for cruciate reconstruction. Allografts are particularly useful in posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstructive surgery because this procedure is often performed with ...

Snapping scapula is a painful crepitus of the scapulothoracic articulation. This crepitus is a grinding or snapping noise with scapulothoracic motion that may or may not accompany pain. This condition is commonly seen in overhead-throwing athletes. Treatment of patients with this syndrome begins with nonoperative methods; when nonoperative treatment fails, several surgical options exist. This a...

PURPOSE To identify risk factors for tendon attrition after volar locking plate fixation of distal radius fractures. METHODS We prospectively assessed attrition of the flexor pollicis longus tendon at volar plate removal in 127 hands in 126 patients. We also evaluated preoperative lateral wrist radiographs, sonographs, and crepitus with flexor pollicis longus tendon motion and compared the de...

Crepitus is a prominent sign during the knee joint undergoing a range of motion which can be detected to form the vibroarthrographic (VAG) signals. These signals can be used as useful indicators of osteoarthritis (OA) status for supplementing conventional X-ray imaging in the diagnosis of knee OA. In this study, a non-invasive knee OA diagnosis system was conducted via VAG signal analysis.This ...

BACKGROUND The evaluation of acute knee pain often includes radiography of the knee. OBJECTIVE To synthesize the literature to determine the role of radiologic procedures in evaluating common causes of acute knee pain: fractures, meniscal or ligamentous injuries, osteoarthritis, and pseudogout. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE search from 1966 to October 2002. STUDY SELECTION We included all publishe...

BACKGROUND Our objective was to develop a patient-based measure of the severity of osteoarthritis of the knee, focusing on symptomatology, that may be used in conjunction with measures of health-related quality of life in monitoring the health status of outpatients. METHODS We surveyed a random sample of male outpatients at Boston-area Veterans Affairs medical centers who were identified as h...