Diagnosing osteoarthritis

In this slideshow:

• How to define osteoarthritis
• Chronic degenerative joint disease
• What type of osteoarthritis?
• Oedema and fissures
• The role of the chondrocyte
• Imbalance between destruction and synthesis
• Fine balance between formation and degradation
• Pain is a measure of increasing damage
• Inflammatory flares
• Does osteoarthritis always progress in flares?
• Evaluation tools
• Three progressive disease profiles