Osteoarthritis / edited by Kenneth D. Brandt, Michael Doherty, and L. Stefan Lohmander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lohmander, L. Stefan.

Brandt, Kenneth D.

Doherty, Michael, 1951-

Series:

Oxford medical publications

Oxford medical publications Osteoarthritis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Osteoarthritis.

Arthritis.

Rheumatic Diseases.

Joint Diseases.

Musculoskeletal Diseases.

Disease.

Medical Subjects:

Osteoarthritis.

Arthritis.

Rheumatic Diseases.

Joint Diseases.

Musculoskeletal Diseases.

Disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 511 p. ) ill. (some col.) ;

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book looks at the mechanisms for joint failure and how this may be due to abnormal cartilage or disease in underlying tissue. Significant coverage is given to exciting new evidence on disease-modifying drugs and methodologies for their outcomes evaluation. Chapters on both non-surgical and surgical therapy are contained in the management section. The full coverage given in this book allows the physician to consider and choose the right blend of treatment for each patient from the range available whether physical, pharmacologic, surgical or supportive. The book is sympathetic to the significant differences that often exist between the perception of the patient and that of the physician regardign what's important in treatment and coverage is therefore given to the outcome measures needed for optimal evaluation of both.

Contents:

Definition and classification of osteoarthritis

Epidemiology of osteoarthritis

Economics of osteoarthritis

Genetic aspects of osteoarthritis

Pathology of osteoarthritis

Paleopathology of osteoarthritis

Pathogenesis of osteoarthritis

Clinical features of osteoarthritis and standard approaches to the diagnosis

Management of osteoarthritis

Outcome assessment in osteoarthritis: a guide for research and clinical practice

Prospects for pharmacological modification of joint breakdown in osteoarthritis

Design of clinical trials for evaluation of structure modifying drugs and new agents for symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9781417599998

1417599995