The impact of osteoarthritis: implications for research.
JA Buckwalter, C Saltzman, T Brown - Clinical Orthopaedics and …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Osteoarthritis, the clinical syndrome of joint pain and dysfunction caused by joint
degeneration, affects more people than any other joint disease. There are no consistently
effective methods for preventing osteoarthritis or slowing its progression, and symptomatic
treatments provide limited benefit for many patients. Osteoarthritis disables about 10% of
people who are older than 60 years, compromises the quality of life of more than 20 million
Americans, and costs the United States economy more than $60 billion per year. The …
degeneration, affects more people than any other joint disease. There are no consistently
effective methods for preventing osteoarthritis or slowing its progression, and symptomatic
treatments provide limited benefit for many patients. Osteoarthritis disables about 10% of
people who are older than 60 years, compromises the quality of life of more than 20 million
Americans, and costs the United States economy more than $60 billion per year. The …
