Osteoarthritis: no cure, but many options for symptom relief.
Because curative disease-modifying medications for osteoarthritis are still not available, medical management strategies focus on pain relief. Other goals are to identify functional deficits early and to start restorative, if not preventive, rehabilitation. We review recent developments and summarize the clinical features and treatments currently available.
Mckinney
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Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
Ling
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SM
D000367:Age Factors; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012307:Risk Factors
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors