Osteoarthritis

2014/10/09 by Duarte Costa Pereira, Elisabete Ramos, Jaime Branco · 2 citations
Medicine · #Medical and Biological Sciences

paper · pdf · doi:10.20344/amp.5477

openalex publication_date 2014/10/09 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

Osteoarthritis is nowadays one of the most frequent chronic diseases and, with the increase in life expectancy, both its prevalence and incidence is expected to rise. This condition is progressive and leads to functional decline and loss in quality of life, with important health care and society costs. A review of relevant and recent literature on osteoarthritis was performed in PubMed. The purpose of this study is to understand important aspects about osteoarthritis estimates, burden of disease, pathophysiology, risk factors, diagnosisand treatment.Keywords: Osteoarthritis/diagnosis; Osteoarthritis/epidemiology; Osteoarthritis/physiopathology; Osteoarthritis/therapy; Portugal; Risk Factors.

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