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All about osteoarthritis : the definitive resource for arthritis patients and their families
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- Creator
- Nancy E. Lane and Daniel J. Wallace
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- English
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002
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- vii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780195138733, 0195138732
- OCLC
- ocm47081324
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index.
- Pt. I. Introduction and Definitions -- 1. What Is Osteoarthritis? -- 2. The History of Osteoarthritis -- 3. Who Gets Osteoarthritis? -- Pt. II. Boning Up on the Musculoskeletal System -- 4. Bone: A Living Tissue -- 5. Cartilage and Its Accomplices: The Body's Shock Absorbers -- 6. What Causes Osteoarthritis? -- Pt. III. How Does a Doctor Evaluate Osteoarthritis? -- 7. What Happens at a Musculoskeletal Examination? -- 8. How Is Osteoarthritis Diagnosed? -- 9. The Many Faces of Osteoarthritis: Specialized Forms -- 10. How Can I Be Sure It's Really Osteoarthritis? -- Pt. IV. How and Where can the Body be Affected by Osteoarthritis? -- 11. The Upper Body and Extremities -- 12. The Spine: Its Nooks and Tingles -- 13. The Lower Body: Undoings at Our Underpinnings -- Pt. V. The Management of Osteoarthritis -- 14. You Can Conquer Osteoarthritis -- 15. Living Well with Osteoarthritis -- 16. Exercises to Improve Osteoarthritis -- 17. How Osteoarthritis Medications Are Tested -- 18. Medications that Work for Osteoarthritis -- 19. Local Medical Therapies -- 20. But Doctor, I'm in Pain! -- 21. When Do We Operate? -- 22. Alternative Therapies: Do They Work? -- 23. I Have Osteoarthritis: Who Should I Go to for Treatment? -- 24. Special Cases: Osteoarthritis from Childhood Events and During Pregnancy -- Pt. VI. Outcome and Future Directions -- 25. Can Or Should I Work? -- 26. Prognosis -- 27. New directions: Is There Hope for a Cure?
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- Osteoarthritis -- Popular works.
- Osteoarthritis -- popular works.
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- Health -- popular works.
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