[Observational study of a sample of patients with gonarthrosis, treated at the Hospital Clinic of Rehabilitation in Iaşi]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2012 Jan-Mar;116(1):34-9.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

The aim of our descriptive study was to assess a sample of patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Material and methods: A sample of 295 patients was assessed regarding demographical features, comorbidities, some laboratory investigations and therapeutically interventions.

Results: The predominance of females (81.4%), urban area (51.8%), age group over 50 (90.2%), primary bilateral disease (90.1%), associated with hip osteoarthritis. coxarthrosis (13.9%), essential arterial hypertension (10.9%), osteoporosis (9.5%) or obesity (8.1%) were the most frequent features of a patient admitted for knee osteoarthritis. Among therapeutically methods, patients received ultrasounds in 61.1% of cases, and kinetotherapy in 16.6%.

Conclusions: Our study presented news aspects regarding knee osteoarthritis, in a geographical area of north-east of Romania.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Body Mass Index
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension / epidemiology
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / epidemiology
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip / epidemiology
  • Osteoarthritis, Knee / complications
  • Osteoarthritis, Knee / epidemiology*
  • Osteoarthritis, Knee / rehabilitation
  • Osteoporosis / complications
  • Osteoporosis / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Rehabilitation Centers*
  • Risk Factors
  • Romania / epidemiology
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data*
  • Sex Distribution
  • Urban Population / statistics & numerical data*