There are many possible causes of facet hypertrophy, including arthritis, a back injury, or simply the natural aging process.

Neuropathic osteoarthropathy, otherwise known as Charcot neuroarthropathy, is a chronic, degenerative arthropathy and is associated with decreased sensory innervation. Numerous causes of this ...

This scale was developed to help doctors measure disease activity in people with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive condition that affects your joints.

Read on to learn more about how acupuncture can help with your arthritis pain. You shouldn’t rely on acupuncture to treat a chronic or serious illness. In other words, acupuncture is not an ...

As with most types of osteoarthritis, pain is a key symptom. A person with shoulder arthritis is likely to have pain while moving the shoulder and after moving the shoulder. The person can even ...

Sep. 5, 2024 — Clinical studies have shown that periodontal disease with Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans can exacerbate symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the molecular mechanisms ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by inflammation of the joints and the subsequent destruction of cartilage and erosion of the bone. Patients with rheumatoid ...

Investigations. Radiographs of the foot. Diagnosis. Diabetic Charcot arthropathy with rocker bottom deformity and plantar midfoot ulcer. Management. The ulcer was initially treated by debridement ...

Many knee braces are available, but not all of them work well for arthritis. In this article, we share options that may help for a range of activities if you have osteoarthritis in your knees.

The gallery is a database of (mostly) published journal articles which fit multilevel models. It is searchable by model type and substantive area. We hope that this will prove useful for teachers and ...

With a history of spinal injury and having not undergone a surgical stabilization, a syrinx was suspected. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the patient's cervical and thoracic spine was ...