Knee osteoarthritis : diagnoses, management and health effects / Scott Medina, editor.

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KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: DIAGNOSES, MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH EFFECTS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: DIAGNOSES, MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH EFFECTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS: CONSEQUENCES, AND INTERVENTION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; Prevalence of Depression; Prevalence of Anxiety; Depression, Anxiety, and Pain; Treatment Approaches; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: ADIPOKINES: BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS?; ABBREVIATIONS LIST; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION.

OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OBESITYOSTEOARTHRITIS AND ADIPOKINES; LEPTIN; Leptin Production in Humans; LEPTIN AND OSTEOARTHRITIS; Leptin's Effect on Joint Structures in OA; ADIPONECTIN; Adiponectin Production in Humans; Adiponectin and Osteoarthritis; Adiponectin Effect on Joint Structures in OA; LEPTIN AND ADIPONECTIN AS MEDICAMENTARY THERAPEUTIC TARGET; Leptin as Therapeutic Target; Adiponectin as Therapeutic Target; VISFATIN; RESISTIN; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: OZONE THERAPY IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; TREATMENT; WHAT IS OZONE: ITS CHARACTERISTICS ANDITS HISTORY.

PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL OZONEBIOCHEMISTRY AND OZONE THERAPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OZONE THERAPY; THERAPEUTIC PROTOCOL; THERAPY MAINTENANCE; SYSTEMIC OZONE THERAPY (SO3T); VASCULAR DISEASE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; RELATED NOVA PUBLICATIONS; INTRA-ARTICULAR ADMINISTRATION OF MORPHINE AND METHYLPREDNISOLONE IN PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS*; THERAPEUTIC EXERCISES IN THE REHABILITATION OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS*; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, ACTIVITIES PARALLEL TO DAILY LIVING, AND DISEASE-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS*; INDEX; Blank Page.

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