Essays about: "Knee osteoarthritis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words Knee osteoarthritis.

  1. 1. The association between obesity, low-grade inflammation, self-reported knee symptoms and radiographic knee osteoarthritis in individuals with knee pain : A longitudinal cohort study

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

    Author : Alma Buer; [2024]
    Keywords : osteoarthritis knee pain; artros knä smärta;

    Abstract : Abstract  Background One of the earliest signs of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is knee pain which correlates with inflammation and disease severity. Knee OA affects 260 million worldwide, and is in similarity with obesity, characterized by ongoing low-grade inflammation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Fibroblasttillväxtfaktor-23 (FGF-23) – en möjlig biomarkör för osteoartrit hos katt?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Pernilla Hägg; [2023]
    Keywords : artros; biomarkör; FGF-23; katt; osteoartrit;

    Abstract : Osteoartrit är en kronisk obotlig ledsjukdom som är vanlig hos katt. Trots att osteoartrit är associerad med smärta kan sjukdomen hos katt vara svår att diagnosticera. READ MORE

  4. 3. The influence of a regulated knee angle on the ability to perform single-leg chair raises for individuals with knee pain or knee osteoarthritis

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

    Author : Elin Wallsten; Elin Norrman; [2023]
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  5. 4. Biomechanical investigation of the efficacy and perceived performance of a knee brace

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknik

    Author : Alice Garnheim; Alvina Vernersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Biomechanical investigation; knee brace; osteoarthritis; design; OA; healthy subjects; gait analysis; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The most prevalent joint disease in adults is osteoarthritis. The knee joint is the joint which is the most affected by osteoarthritis, with mechanical overloading being one of the causes. While no cure exists for osteoarthritis, many different treatment options are available. One alternative is to wear a knee brace on the affected leg. READ MORE

  6. 5. Machine learning for automatic grading of knee osteoarthritis from X-ray radiographs

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen Vi3

    Author : Ellen Siggstedt; [2023]
    Keywords : machine learning; knee osteoarthritis; image analysis; deep learning; X-ray; neural networks;

    Abstract : Knee osteoarthritis is a growing problem due to increasing risk factors such as age and obesity. It is a common task for a radiologist to grade osteoarthritis in three compartments (medial tibiofemoral (MTF), lateral tibiofemoral (LTF) and patellofemoral (PF)) in a knee from different image views of X-ray images, to decide if osteoarthritis is the cause of pain for the patient. READ MORE