"Osteoarthritis, Knee" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the knee joint consisting of three large categories: conditions that block normal synchronous movement, conditions that produce abnormal pathways of motion, and conditions that cause stress concentration resulting in changes to articular cartilage. (Crenshaw, Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, 8th ed, p2019)
| Descriptor ID |
D020370
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.550.114.606.500 C05.799.613.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteoarthritis, Knee- Osteoarthritis, Knee
- Knee Osteoarthritides
- Knee Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritides, Knee
- Osteoarthritis Of Knee
- Knee, Osteoarthritis Of
- Knees, Osteoarthritis Of
- Osteoarthritis Of Knees
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteoarthritis, Knee" by people in Profiles.
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The Unequal Effect of Income on Risk of Overweight/Obesity of Whites and Blacks with Knee Osteoarthritis: the Osteoarthritis Initiative. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 08; 7(4):776-784.
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Pain management among Dominican patients with advanced osteoarthritis: a qualitative study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016 05 17; 17:211.
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Physical activity and experience of total knee replacement in patients one to four years postsurgery in the dominican republic: a qualitative study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Jan; 67(1):65-73.
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Opioids for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip. Am Fam Physician. 2010 May 01; 81(9):1094.
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Arthroscopic surgery for knee osteoarthritis. Am Fam Physician. 2008 Aug 01; 78(3):331-2.