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| Osteoarthritis in older adults | | Author(s) | Shari Miura Ling, Joan M Bathon |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 2, February 1998 |
| Pages | pp 216-225 |
| Keywords | Arthritis ; Symptoms ; Therapeutics ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Falls ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | This review highlights the clinical and pathophysiological features of osteoarthritis (OA) of the peripheral joint, and discusses the current and future management options for this common but potentially disabling disease. It also examines the contribution of OA to falls and functional impairment in older people. OA is the most prevalent articular disease in older adults. Disease markers that will detect early disease and allow early intervention with pharmacological agents that modify, if not halt, disease progression are much needed, but they are currently unavailable. Current management should include safe and adequate pain relief using systemic and local therapies, and should also include medical and rehabilitative interventions to prevent, or at least compensate for, functional deficits. Although OA can result in impaired mobility and lower extremity function, its contribution as a cause of recurrent falls or impaired self-care, relative to other comorbid conditions, remains ill-defined. Further analysis of the determinants of disability, loss of mobility and falls in older patients with OA is needed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981117014 A |
| Classmark | CLA: CT: LL: C4: CA: OLF: 64A |
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