OSTEO-ARTHRITIS AND ITS CONCOMITANTS

Osteo-Arthritis

symptoms as especially connoting osteo-arthritis; and of these he directs especial attention to " increased velocity and tension of the heart's action." He states that " a steady pulse of much tension, varying from 90 to no, is tolerably common. The pulse quickens synchronously with the earliest objective signs of osteo-arthritis." We are sorry that no sphygmographic tracings are given, and tha...

Biomarkers of (osteo)arthritis

Arthritic diseases are a major cause of disability and morbidity, and cause an enormous burden for health and social care systems globally. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis. The key risk factors for the development of OA are age, obesity, joint trauma or instability. Metabolic and endocrine diseases can also contribute to the pathogenesis of OA. There is accumulating evi...

A Dissertation on Osteo-Arthritis

the worst of all. Osteo-arthritis has the advantage of ?. recognition, but is not understood by the laity: and it is p important for the laity to distinguish this malady fr01^? j^y counterfeits. But first, it must be decisively recognise" Q[ medical men themselves. Two splendid opportunities ^ educating junior practitioners and senior students have ^ virtually thrown away. The writer on this su...

The Paralysis of Osteo-Arthritis

Osteo-arthritis of the sterno-clavicular joint.

According to Langen (1934), who made an extensive study of the pathology of degenerative processes in the sterno-clavicular joint in 200 necropsies, it may be involved from the age of 20 and constantly shows signs of osteo-arthritis after the age of 50. However, few authors seem to have made clinical observations of degenerative disease at this site (Bonola and Mastragostino, 1954; Westermann, ...