Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease which commonly impacts the knees, hands, hips, neck and lower back. This is the first of two stories describing recent progress in understanding the ...

I have a patient with recurrent attacks of acute arthritis of the knee that last for about 1 week and then subside spontaneously. Joint aspiration shows inflammatory change with no crystal but a very ...

Based on: Synovial Fluid Changes in Joint Disease. By Marian W. Ropes, M.D., and Walter Bauer, M.D. 8°, cloth, 150 pp., with IS illustrations and 14 tables ...

Doctors use synovial fluid analysis, or synovial joint analysis, to help diagnose the cause of joint pain and to rule out infection. Common causes of joint pain include rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO — Understanding the nature and role of the synovium and synovial fluid is critical to managing various ...