Surrey Kinesiologist Announces - "Physical Work Leads to Osteoarthritis"

This is Surrey Kinesiologist, Rick Kaselj.

Great summary research article on risk factors for osteoarthritis.

This is what they found:

- heavy physical stress at work increase risk of OA

- major musculoskeletal injuries increases risk of OA

- Rick

Heavy physical work, musculoskeletal injuries linked to increased risk of hip OA
1st on the web (December 19, 2008)

A group of Finnish orthopedic surgeons and rehabilitation physicians reported that heavy physical stress at work and major musculoskeletal injuries are associated with an increased risk of developing clinically diagnosed hip osteoarthritis (OA).

In their long-term study, the researchers, led by Riikka Juhakoski, MD, of Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland, sought to target the potential risk factors and their roles in the etiology of hip OA, which they say are poorly understood. They published their findings in the recent issue of Rheumatology.

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Rick Kaselj - rkaselj@HealingThroughMovement.com
Surrey Kinesiologist
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MRI Overused for Knee Replacement Surgery

MRI Overused in Knee Replacement Surgery

March 06, 2008 - MedPage Today - By Crystal Phend, Staff Writer, MedPage Today

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 -- For most arthritis patients, X-ray is sufficient to determine the need for arthroplasty, researchers said here.

Action Points

• Explain to interested patients that the authors suggest that X-ray is sufficient in most cases to determine who needs knee surgery for osteoarthritis.

• Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented as a poster at a conference. The data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

More than 60% of patients having total knee replacement for osteoarthritis had had an MRI ordered within two years of the surgery, according to a small observational study presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting.

Fewer than half had had radiographs taken before the MRI was done, reported Wayne Goldstein, M.D., of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and colleagues.

"There is no or minimal benefit to MRI in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee that is obviously apparent on weight-bearing and skyline patella-view X-rays," Dr. Goldstein said.

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