Arthritis - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Are behavioral interventions for arthritis effective with minorities? Addressing racial and ethnic diversity in disability and rehabilitation.

13 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether research evaluating the effectiveness of behavioral interventions for arthritis demonstrates that these interventions are effective with, and appropriately utilized by, minority participants. METHODS: A systematic ... Read more...

Arthritis disability and heart disease disability.

13 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: Arthritis is the most common health condition in midlife and late life, and heart disease is the leading cause of death. This article compares disability impacts of these 2 preeminent health problems. METHODS: Using data from the ... Read more...

The Ergonomic Assessment Tool for Arthritis: development and pilot testing.

13 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: Ergonomic assessment and recommendations may help people with arthritis maintain employment; however, most ergonomic tools are designed to assess injury risk in the general population and are not specific to the needs of people with ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Arthritis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• What's new in adult reconstructive knee surgery. 30 Oct 2008
• Are behavioral interventions for arthritis effective with minorities? Addressing racial and ethnic diversity in disability and rehabilitation. 13 Oct 2008
• Arthritis disability and heart disease disability. 13 Oct 2008
• The Ergonomic Assessment Tool for Arthritis: development and pilot testing. 13 Oct 2008
• Work and sick leave among patients with early inflammatory joint conditions. 13 Oct 2008
• Hunter-killer peptide (HKP) for targeted therapy. 7 Oct 2008
• Lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty through a medial approach. Surgical technique. 29 Sep 2008
• Perioperative complications of HINTEGRA total ankle replacement: our initial 50 cases. 29 Sep 2008
• Multiple pink papules in the setting of arthritis and fever. Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (MRH). 29 Sep 2008
• Discovery of novel therapies for rheumatic diseases and associated pain requires suitable and relevant disease models: a comparison of monoarthritis and polyarthritis efficacy models. 29 Sep 2008
• 3-amino-7-phthalazinylbenzoisoxazoles as a novel class of potent, selective, and orally available inhibitors of p38alpha mitogen-activated protein kinase. 24 Sep 2008
• Physicochemical characterization, in vitro, and in vivo evaluation of indomethacin-loaded nanocarriers self-assembled by amphiphilic polyphosphazene. 13 Sep 2008
• [Prolonged effect of intra-articularly administered corticosteroids in combination with arthroscopic lavage in patients with an inflammatory arthritis of the knee] 4 Sep 2008
• [Local treatment for persistent inflammatory arthritis of the knee: intra-articular injection of glucocorticoids and bed rest] 4 Sep 2008
• Radiosynovectomy: current status in the management of arthritic conditions. 30 Aug 2008
• Gene therapy of arthritis and orthopaedic disorders: current experimental approaches in China and in Canada. 30 Aug 2008
• Arthritis and endogenous glucocorticoids: the emerging role of the 11beta-HSD enzymes. 30 Aug 2008
• Reassessment of the usefulness of frozen section analysis for hip and knee joint revisions. 30 Aug 2008
• Radiographic evaluation of arthritis: degenerative joint disease and variations. 30 Aug 2008
• Brucellosis complicating chronic non-infectious disorders: diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas. 30 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Arthritis'

Descriptor UI: D001168

Alternative terms: Arthritis; Arthritides; Polyarthritis; Polyarthritides;

Related Mesh Headings: Arthritis, Gouty; Arthritis, Psoriatic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C05.550.114;

Technical Notes: inflamm: do not confuse with ARTHRALGIA which is non-inflamm; note X ref POLYARTHRITIS but polyarthrite chronique évolutive (PCE) = ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; septic arthritis = ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; tends to be chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE; degenerative arthritis = OSTEOARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC is also available