Women with knee osteoarthritis (OA) have greater pain and greater reductions in function and quality of life than men. Often, osteoarthritis pain is directly related to sensitization and activation of nociceptors in the injured joint and correlates with the degree of joint effusion and synovial thickening. Sometimes, the pain does not match the degree of […]
Musculoskeletal, Neurology, osteoarthritis, psychosocialAddressing The Gaps: Sex Differences in Osteoarthritis of the Knee Boylan et al. Biology of Sex Differences, 2013 Therapeutic approaches to the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), particularly regenerative medicine strategies, have not yet taken known sex differences into consideration. Effective interventions will require a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in the disease and its […]
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Huffington Post Blogger: Leah LaRocco On Women Excerpted When I tell people I have Scoliosis I’m surprised by two things. First, by how many people do not know what it is. Second, by the number of women I know who have some form of this condition. Girls are at a much higher risk for developing […]
clinical care, Musculoskeletal, teensScoliosis Citations Staheli LT (2006). Scoliosis section of Spine and pelvis. In Practice of Pediatric Orthopedics, pp. 210–219. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Hu SS, et al. (2006). Scoliosis section of Disorders, diseases and injuries of the spine. In HB Skinner, ed., Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics, 4th ed., chap. 5, pp. 255–269. New […]
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