Background and purpose: Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis are the most important causes of skeletal disorders and there are controversies over the relationship between these diseases and other factors. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between osteoarthritis and osteoporosis and also the association between these two diseases and patients’ demographic and lifestyle...

    Purpose : Osteoarthritis is common in elderly people of the world, which is due to cartilage destruction and osteophyte formation in the joint and which induce chronic pain and disability. The PRP due to its high level of growth factors can help the repair process of the diseased joints. In this study the autogenous PRP have been used for treatment of experimentally induced osteoarthritis i...

Background and purpose: Osteoarthritis is a common degenerative joint disease affecting the synovial joints. Cartilage lesion is an important disorder at different degrees associated with osteoarthritis. The purpose of this systematic review was to determine whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a valid and reliable tool to detect the articular cartilage lesions in patients with knee oste...

Objective Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of joints that causes degeneration and corrosion of joint surface. Because of osteoarthritis, the smooth and even movemvement of joints get interrupted. Osteoarthritis is the most common kind of arthritis and its prevalence is 19.3% in Iran. Patients with knee osteoarthritis usually have geno varum and hyperpronation of foot. The...

Background: Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the world. This study presents the evidence on the prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in urban community. To add to the evidence on the prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in urban community.Methods: Inhabitants (age≥15 yrs) in 22 randomly selected districts (Tehran) participated in a Community-Oriented Prog...