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. 1989;18(3):199-205.
doi: 10.1007/BF00360971.

Relationship between the utilisation profile of individual joints and their susceptibility to primary osteoarthritis

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Relationship between the utilisation profile of individual joints and their susceptibility to primary osteoarthritis

C J Alexander. Skeletal Radiol. 1989.

Abstract

Two subjects were studied for 1 to 3 weeks during the course of their normal domestic activities. Utilisation profiles were derived for ten joints, using a systematic time-series sampling technique adapted from behavioural biology. At each joint the proportion of the available range utilised was noted. The results were compared with the known regional prevalence of primary osteoarthritis. There was a correlation between the degree to which a joint was incompletely utilised, and its susceptibility to osteoarthritis. The hypothesis is advanced that primary osteoarthritis may be due to incomplete joint utilisation.

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