Anthony D Woolf,Peter Brooks,Kristina Akesson et al.
Anthony D Woolf et al.
Musculoskeletal conditions are an increasingly common problem across the globe due to increased longevity and increased exposure to risk factors such as obesity and lack of physical activity. The increase is predicted to be greatest in deve...
Cesar Ramos-Remus,Ashwinikumar Raut
Cesar Ramos-Remus
Hundreds of non-conventional treatment modalities have been used to treat patients with diverse diseases. Whatever term is used, non-conventional remedies, complementary medicine and/or alternative therapies (CAM), or even traditional syste...
Dinesh Mohan
Dinesh Mohan
Once we accept that road traffic injury control is a public health problem, and that we have an ethical responsibility to arrange for the safety of individuals, then it follows that health and medical professionals have to assume responsibi...
Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni,Ruben Burgos-Vargas
Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
Spondylarthropathies revolve around the strongest known contributing factor, HLA-B27. However, the role of HLA-B27 remains unclear. Its subtypes are reported here in the particular context of developing countries. Non-MHC factors are also b...
Rohini Handa,Asgar Ali Kalla,Ghassan Maalouf
Rohini Handa
Osteoporosis poses a huge challenge in developing countries due to demographic transition and aging of the population coupled with limited availability of resources. The exact disease burden is difficult to quantify because of the paucity o...
Occupational use syndromes [0.03%]
职业病综合征
Rajen N Naidoo,Syed Atiqul Haq
Rajen N Naidoo
The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders is increasing worldwide. The association between job type and the specific activities within jobs that predispose to the risk of developing such disorders is well documented for devel...
Osteoarthritis [0.03%]
骨关节炎
Siddharth Kumar Das,Abid Farooqi
Siddharth Kumar Das
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative disorder characterized by cartilage loss. Its prevalence is high, and it is a major cause of disability. The cause of OA is not known; however, current evidence indicates that it is multifactori...
Mohammed Tikly,Sandra V Navarra
Mohammed Tikly
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is known to occur in all populations across the globe. In many respects SLE is similar across regions in its spectrum of clinical features, but the severity of the disease and comorbidity are appreciably d...
Challenges in the management of rheumatoid arthritis in developing countries [0.03%]
发展中国家类风湿性关节炎管理的挑战
Girish M Mody,Mario H Cardiel
Girish M Mody
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease which is characterized by chronic inflammation of the joints. Patients experience chronic pain and suffering, and increasing disability; without treatment, life expectancy is reduce...
S Govender,W J Harrison,M Lukhele
S Govender
In 2007, approximately 33 million people were living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa has been hardest hit by the HIV pandemic. In this chapter the impact of HIV infection on bone and joint sur...