The burden of osteoarthritis:the societal and the patient perspective

Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 605-619

  Uhlig, Till ^a   Slatkowsky Christensen, Barbara ^a   Moe, Rikke Helene ^a   Kvien, Tore Kristian ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

burden; costs; imaging; impact; individual; measures; osteoarthritis; outcome; society; therapy

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLUCOSAMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ABSENTEEISM; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 78649349354     PISSN: 14750708     EISSN: 1744831X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/thy.10.70     Document Type: Review

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