Features of Joint Lesions in Women with Co-Morbidity of Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis Based On the Constitution

In this paper, the features of joint lesions in women with co-morbidity of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis based on the constitution were presented. It was found that the combined lesions of the knee joints with the small joints of the hands, knee joints combined with the first metatarsophalangeal j...

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Main Authors: Ekaterina V. Kapustina, Tatiana Yu. Bolshakova, PhD, Eugenia P. Sharaykina, PhD, ScD, Vera A. Chupakhina, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Medical Research and Development Corporation 2012-09-01
Series:International Journal of Biomedicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijbm.org/articles/2_3_CR5.pdf
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Summary:In this paper, the features of joint lesions in women with co-morbidity of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis based on the constitution were presented. It was found that the combined lesions of the knee joints with the small joints of the hands, knee joints combined with the first metatarsophalangeal joint, as well as isolated osteoarthritis of the knee joint were significantly more frequently identified in patients with a mesosome constitution. Combined defeat of knee joints with hip joints was found to occur in patients with megalosome constitution.
ISSN:2158-0510
2158-0529