Juniper Publishers Journal of Orthopedics and Rheumatology

Orthopedics and Rheumatology - Juniper Publishers                                                     Editorial Osteoarthritis in hips, knees and other major large joints is a progressive and chronic debilitating disease characterized by pain and limitation of movements. Worldwide this disease is on the increase due to people living longer and more active lives. When first symptoms appear, doctors will offer palliative treatments to kill pain, which will help for awhile, and in many cases patients develop health complications due to taking anti-inflammatory or pain killers. In many countries of the third world and even in the developed world, patients have to suffer pain and limitations for months or years, waiting while their joints are destroyed and in need of the old, dreaded, expensive and not free from severe complications joint prosthesis surgery. By th...

  Orthopedics and Rheumatology - Juniper Publishers                                                  Abstract The aim if this proposal is to determine knowledge in the general population about arthritis and immunology disorders ; to ascertain if this has improved in the decade since our Needs Assessment; and the satisfaction with the educational material now available to support communities and arthritis sufferers. Background BARC (Birmingham Arthritis Resource Centre) was set up to provide education and support to people with arthritis and their carers, based on a formal Needs Assessment. BARC aims to promote self-coping to help people to deal with the physical and social disabilities caused by their disease. It is cited in the city centre public library and works alongside the regular medical NHS service provision. Services for Rheumatology have always had ...