| Summary: | Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease in which the affected joint is usually the large<br />joint and unilateral. Prevalence of osteoarthritis in Indonesia, 15.5% in men and 12.7% in<br />women, where the incidence is increasing with age. Osteoarthritis is more common an<br />idiopathic disease or unknown cause although there is also a secondary cause such as<br />trauma, infection, neurological or metabolic disorders. The usual complaints that perceived<br />by osteoarthritis patients is pain in the affected joint, especially after the load on the joint.<br />Therapy in osteoarthritis is usually symptomatic, which include the control of risk factors,<br />physiotherapy and pharmacological.<br /> <br />
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