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Osteoarthritis

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Contents

What Is Osteoarthritis?

Who Has Osteoarthritis?

How Does Osteoarthritis Affect People?

Osteoarthritis Basics: the Joint and Its Parts

How Do You Know If You Have Osteoarthritis?

How Do Doctors Diagnose Osteoarthritis?

How Is Osteoarthritis Treated?

Be a Winner! Practice Self-Care and Keep a "Good-Health Attitude"

Current Research

Hope for the Future

Additional Resources

Acknowledgments

This booklet is for people who have osteoarthritis, their families, and others interested in learning more about the disorder. The booklet describes osteoarthritis and its symptoms and contains information about diagnosis and treatment as well as current research efforts supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It also discusses pain relief, exercise, and quality of life for people with osteoarthritis. If you have further questions after reading this booklet, you may wish to discuss them with your doctor.


This is a publication of the:
National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases

This publication is not copyrighted. Readers are encouraged to duplicate and distribute as many copies as needed.


National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and
Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse
National Institutes of Health

(NAMSIC/National Institutes of Health)
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3675,
and on the NIAMS Web site at
http://www.nih.gov/niams/healthinfo/

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