Osteoarthritis

History of osteoarthritis; epidemiology of osteoarthritis; pathology of osteoarthritis; cartilage repair; biochemistry and pathology of cartilage in osteoarthritis; immunology of articular cartilage; biomechanical considerations; experimental models of osteoarthritis; etiopathogenesis of osteoarthritis - symptoms and signs; roentgenologic diagnosis; laboratory findings in osteoarthritis; erosive inflammatory and primary generalized osteoarthritis; chondromalacia patellae; diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; secondary osteoarthritis; natural course and prognosis of osteoarthritis; general aspects of differential diagnosis; rehabilitation in the management of patients with osteoarthritis; principles of drug therapy; intra-articular steroid therapy; other approaches to therapy; arthroscopy - role in diagnosis and management; surgery in osteoarthritis - general considerations; osteoarthritis of the hand and wrist; osteoarthritis of the shoulder and elbow; osteoarthritis of the foot and ankle; osteoarthritis of the knee; osteoarthritis of the hip; osteoarthritis of the cervical spine; osteoarthritis of the thoracic spine; osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine.