Untersuchung zur Bestimmung von krankheitsassoziierten Faktoren der Gonarthrose

Strength of skeletal muscle and quality of life in patients suffering from “typical male” carcinomas

“…The SF-36 Health Survey has a number of strong practical advantages for examining the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of cancer survivors [4]. Among its strengths is its applicability to many disease groups as well as the general population, so that it can be used to make comparisons between cancer patients and patients with other diseases as well as healthy populations [2,7,13]. Since most studies of the HRQOL of cancer survivors lack either a non-cancer control group or broad normative data on non-cancer patients against which to compare the findings, this is a very important advantage in attempting to sort out the contribution of cancer to differences in HRQOL versus the effects of comorbidities and natural aging [2,7].…”

Fokale Knorpelschäden des medialen Gelenkkompartiments: Prädiktoren für die Progression der Kniearthrose

“…In ca. 30 % sind Patienten mit deutlicher radiologischer Arthrose weitgehend beschwerdefrei [4]. Umgekehrt können Patienten auch bereits im Initialstadium der Schädigung des hyalinen Gelenkknorpels unter Beschwerden, vor allen Schmerzen, leiden, ohne dass die Arthroskopie, das Röntgen oder die MRT irgendwelche Pathologien aufweist [5].…”

The Western Ontario and McMasters Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) – Theoretical Framework, Psychometric Properties and Appropriateness for Measurement of Function and Health in Trauma Population

“…Patient-specifi c measures contain items that are generated by individual patients; only the method of eliciting items and scoring responses are common among patients. There are numerous condition-specifi c questionnaires that are used to measure diff erent clinical disorders of the lower limb [13,14] . On the other side, a single questionnaire that covered a multitude of clinical problems in the lower limb would be most benefi cial from a resource standpoint.…”