OWL: OCOSH Classification/Joint Diseases/Arthritis/Osteoarthritis/Hip Osteoarthritis

New Guidelines Issued for Management of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Medscape CME

Not Available — 2008-04-07 23:29:59 GMT

February 27, 2008 � The Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) has issued 25 evidence-based, expert consensus recommendations for the management of osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip and knee. These guidelines, which are published in the February issue of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, were intended to be adapted for use in different countries or regions according to the availability of treatment modalities and strength of recommendation (SOR) for each modality of therapy.

Osteoarthritis of the hip Wheeless

C.R.Wheeless — 2002-02-04 23:29:59 GMT

Hip: - clinical features:
- pain on wt-bearing felt in the groin, buttock, or medial thigh;
- trendelenburg gait will decrease mechanical stress on joint and thereby lessen pain (see forces acting on hip joint);
- pain during sleep results from loss of protective function of muscular splinting;
- in some cases, a patient w/ OA of the hip will experience acute hip pain which often correlates w/ rupture of subcondral cyst into the joint;
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Validity and reliability of three definitions of hip osteoarthritis- cross sectional and longitudinal approach

M.Reijman — 2005-07-14 23:29:59 GMT

Reijman et al 2004 Annals Rheumatic Diseases
Objectives: To compare the reliability and validity in a large open population of three frequently used radiological definitions of hip osteoarthritis (OA): Kellgren and Lawrence grade, minimal joint space (MJS), and Croft grade; and to investigate whether the validity of the three definitions of hip OA is sex dependent.
Conclusions: Based on these findings, Kellgren and Lawrence still appears to be a useful OA definition for epidemiological studies focusing on the presence of hip OA.
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