Written by the foremost experts, this text is a comprehensive clinical reference on osteoarthritis. Chapters review current information on the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, and pathology of osteoarthritis, the biochemistry and molecular and cell biology of articular cartilage, and experimental models of osteoarthritis. Major sections focus on clinical presentations, roentgenologic and laboratory diagnosis, and treatment, including pharmacologic treatment, intra-articular therapy, surgery, arthroscopy, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The authors discuss the indications, outcomes, and complications of various orthopaedic procedures. Chapters present orthopaedic approaches to osteoarthritis of various joints—the shoulder, hand, wrist, elbow, hip, knee, foot, ankle, and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.

About the Author

Roland W. Moskowitz, MD, Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Director, Arthritis Research Institute, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH; David S. Howell, MD, Professor of Medicine, Emeritus Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Medical Research Investigator, VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; Roy D. Altman, MD, Clinical Director, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Professor of Medicine and Chief Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Joseph A. Buckwalter, MS, MD, Professor & Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa; Victor M. Goldberg, MD, Charles H. Herndon Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University, Director, Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
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