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Clinical Features and Diagnosis of Osteoarthritis

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Clinical criteria will continue to play an important role in the diagnosis of osteoarthritis until a diagnostic method that integrates clinical findings with aetiological, biochemical and histological abnormalities is developed [1]. One of the most enduring clinical criteria for osteoarthritis of the knee is the classification system developed for the American Rheumatism Association in 1986 [1]. The aim was to standardise and clarify the clinical definition of idiopathic osteoarthritis, using commonly available diagnostic techniques.

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    Frank W. Roemer

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Hayashi, D., Roemer, F.W., Guermazi, A. (2014). Clinical Features and Diagnosis of Osteoarthritis. In: Atlas of Osteoarthritis. Springer Healthcare, Tarporley. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-910315-16-3_4

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