Osteoarthritis

The 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. It is becoming increasingly reconised t...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: edited by Kenneth D. Brandt; Michael Doherty; and L. Stefan Lohmander
Γλώσσα:Undetermined
English
Έκδοση: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2003
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Περίληψη:The 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. It is becoming increasingly reconised that optimal management of osteoarthritis requires a comprehensive program involving drugs and nonmedical components and, in some cases, surgery. 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
Φυσική περιγραφή:xii, 511 p.
ill. (some col.)
29 cm
Βιβλιογραφία:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0198509677
9780198509677