Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Janice's painful knee
- Review of knee joint
- Ligaments
- Articulations
- Genicular anastomosis
- Bursae
- Osteoarthritis
- Degenerative chronic
joint disease or “wear
and tear” arthritis as a
result of cartilage loss.
- Epidemiology
- is the most common
type of arthritis & is
the cause of disability
in 10% of people >60
- Causes
- Genes,
weight,
Injury and
overuse,
bone & joint
disorders.
- Risk factors
- Family history,
Age, Gender,
Previous Injury,
Obesity, Other
medical conditions,
Lack of activity,
and Stress.
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical
manifestations
- joint pain, stiffness,
locomotor restriction,
muscle weakness,
poor balance, grating
sensation and bone
spurs.
- Diagnosis
- Based on history & clinical features
Radiography or MRI, Lab tests, ACR
& EULAR diagnostic criterias.
- Complications
- Bone death,
stress fractures,
bleeding, infection,
pinched nerve,
pseudogout, &
cysts formation.
- Prognosis
- Most OA
cases do
stabilize.
Some OA
cases
progress.
- Treatment
- Pharmacotherapy
- Glucosamine
- NSAID's
- Codeine
- Physiotherapy
- Passive: Heat & cold therapies.
Active: Exercises & stretches.
- Surgury
- Intra-Articular cortisone
Injections, Arthroscopy
Procedures, Corrective and
replacement surgeries.
- Impact of
disability on
life
- Physical disability
- Limits the ability to move, and do
the normal routine activities.
- Mental disability
- Anxiety and depression, Loss of
freedom, Frustration and anger,
Unemployment, Loss of self-esteem.
- Physical
examinations
of knee