Directory of Osteoarthritis Resources

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Osteoarthritis is most common in people over the age of 50. This category contains sites about osteoarthritis, including hip and knee joint replacement surgery information.

Resources in This Category

• Mayo Clinic: Osteoarthritis

  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/osteoarthritis/basics/definition/con-20014749
  Find an overview on the symptoms, risk factors, causes, complications, and treatment.

• Medical management of osteoarthritis of the knee and hip joints

  http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/180_05_010304/gra10763_fm.html
  Full text article from the Medical Journal of Australia.

• MedicineNet - Osteoarthritis

  http://www.medicinenet.com/osteoarthritis/article.htm
  Information and resources pertaining to degenerative arthritis. By William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR.

• Medinfo - Osteoarthritis

  http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/osteoarthritis.html
  Easy to understand information from a UK general practitioner.

• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

  http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Osteoarthritis/default.asp
  Offers a handout about osteoarthritis. Includes what OA is, its affects, diagnosis, treatment, research, and illustrations.

• NHS Choices: Osteoarthritis

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Osteoarthritis/
  Provides information on this condition that affects the joints. Includes a short video and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, self help, complications and prevention.

• Osteoarthritis

  http://www.arthritis.org/about-arthritis/types/osteoarthritis/
  Information from the Arthritis Foundation. Includes symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment, science and research of OA, fact sheets, and alternative therapies.

• Osteoarthritis

  http://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/0301/p841.html
  Diagnosis and treatment information from the American Family Physician.

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