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Title: | Osteoarthrosis |
Authors: | Vella, Cecil |
Keywords: | Osteoarthritis -- Etiology Osteoarthritis -- Diagnosis Osteoarthritis -- Treatment |
Issue Date: | 1983 |
Publisher: | University of Malta Medical School |
Citation: | Vella, C. (1983). Osteoarthrosis. Medi-Scope, 3, 9-11. |
Abstract: | Osteoarthrosis is one of the most common disorders effecting joints. It has a higher mcidence in the older age group, but in a number of cases it can occur earlier in life. In the Maltese Islands this disorder is very common and this may be partly attributed to the higher incidence of obesity in the islands. As the condition occurs mainly in the old, it is believed to be due to a degenerative process of the joints, or in other terms a wear and tear process within the joints. In fact, if ajoint were never put under stress, osteoarthrosis would not develop. In conjunction with this it is evident that those joints which are more under stress, are more prone to develop osteoarthrosis. Thus in most cases it is the joints of the lower limbs which develop the disorder first. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/20090 |
Appears in Collections: | Medi-Scope, Issue 3 Medi-Scope, Issue 3 Scholarly Works - FacM&SPae |
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