Research and Markets: Osteoarthritis: Visual Guide for Clinicians - 2013

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/mvdz8n/osteoarthritis) has announced the addition of the "Osteoarthritis: Visual Guide for Clinicians" book to their offering.

Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder, requiring significant attention from rheumatologists, pain specialists and GPs. Compiled by two distinguished authors, this illustrated guide outlines essentials of diagnosis and provides management guidelines along with updates on therapy.

Benefits:

- Instructive exploration of diagnosis and management of disease to aid practising clinicians and trainee doctors

- Topic-focused, highly illustrated with succinct text - provides collection of original images for clinician's desktop

- Up to date training tool for whole clinical team

Readership:

- Rheumatologists

- Pain specialists

- Primary Care doctors

- Trainee doctors

Key Topics Covered:

Abbreviations

1 Background to Osteoarthritis

What is osteoarthritis?

Epidemiology of osteoarthritis

Mortality and co-morbidity in osteoarthritis

Subsets of osteoarthritis

Aetiology and pathogenesis

Patient presentation

2 Osteoarthritis at Different Sites

Knee

Hip

Hand and wrist

Spine

Shoulder

Foot and ankle

Elbow

Jaw

3 Diagnosis and Therapy

Investigations for osteoarthritis

Principles of management

Preventing osteoarthritis

Education and information

Exercise

Reduction of adverse mechanical factors

Pharmacological therapy

Surgery

Drug induced disease modification in osteoarthritis

Index

Author

Edited by:

A Jones University of Nottingham and Nottingham City Hospital

M Doherty, Academic Rheumatology, Nottingham City Hospital

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/mvdz8n/osteoarthritis