Assessing progression of patellofemoral osteoarthritis: a comparison between two radiographic methods
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X rays taken from the top of the knee, called the skyline viewpoint, may be preferable when evaluating patients for patellofemoral joint (PFJ) osteoarthritis. The PFJ is the joint connecting the knee and upper leg. One person evaluated knee X rays taken an average of 31 months apart from both the skyline viewpoint and from the side viewpoint of 54 patients with PFJ osteoarthritis. Disease progression was evident on the X rays taken from the skyline viewpoint but not from the side viewpoint. Measurements made by the evaluator on the skyline view X rays were consistent to within 0.7 millimeters.
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 1996
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Intra-articular corticosteroids are effective in osteoarthritis but there are no clinical predictors of response
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Steroid injections seem to offer pain relief for some patients with active osteoarthritis. Fifty-nine patients with active osteoarthritis were given injections of either methyl prednisolone acetate or placebo (control group) into the joint. Patients receiving steroid injections reported less pain than either the control group or pain experienced before the injections. Patients did not gain significant muscle strength within three weeks following the steroid injections. There were no significant factors that predicted which patients experienced pain relief.
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 1996
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Quadriceps weakness in knee osteoarthritis: the effect on pain and disability
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Muscle weakness appears to be associated with knee pain and disability but it is not clear if weakness causes the disability or vice versa. Researchers measured the strength of the quadriceps, or thigh, muscles in 300 men and women with knee pain and 300 with no knee pain. All were between 40 and 79 years of age. Those with knee pain had weaker thigh muscles than those without knee pain. Weakness may cause knee disability because studies have shown that muscle training improves knee function.
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 1998
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