Osteoarthritis Teaching 2315
Patient/caregiver instructed osteoarthritis is a degenerative, noninflammatory joint disease. The cartilage that protects the ends of bones is worn away. It can affect all mobile joints, especially weight-bearing joints: hip, knee, and spinal column. Risk factors are advanced age, trauma, overuse of joints, genetic tendency, obesity, metabolic or endocrine abnormalities.
Reviewed September 2018
Reviewed for general reference only. Adapt to your patient, agency policy, and scope of practice.
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Osteoarthritis Teaching 859Instructed on some factors that may increase the risk of developing/exacerbating Osteoarthritis, such as: poor body posture and metabolic or endocrine abnormalities, among others.Osteoarthritis Teaching 1191Taught that Osteoarthritis can affect all mobile joints, especially weight-bearing joints.Osteoarthritis Teaching 1179Taught that stopping exercise, if pain occurs, is a measure aimed to preventing/controlling Osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis Teaching 1175Taught that applying heat or cold, as directed by MD, is a measure aimed to preventing/controlling Osteoarthritis.