Osteoarthritis in Middle-Aged and Elderly People and Prevention: Revised Edition

Author: Wang Yueqing
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: This book introduces basic knowledge of orthopedics and common bone and joint injuries and diseases among middle-aged and elderly people. It aims to highlight key points, present content in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, and go from basic to advanced. The book focuses on introducing new knowledge, diagnosis, and treatment methods for bone and joint injuries and diseases. In terms of content, it strives to combine theory with practice, with the goal of helping middle-aged and elderly people understand the basic knowledge of bone and joint diseases and the general diagnosis and treatment methods of common conditions, so that they can have a clear understanding of prevention and treatment, avoiding treatment. The book also introduces some important issues to consider during medical visits, with the hope of reducing unnecessary delays and suffering for patients during diagnosis and treatment. This book is not only written for middle-aged and elderly patients but also for the broader middle-aged and elderly healthy population, as patients are after all a minority, and prevention is more important. For this reason, the book specifically introduces preventive methods for common joint diseases among middle-aged and elderly people. It also provides health care methods tailored to the characteristics of middle-aged and elderly individuals, and includes a set of joint health exercises suitable for middle-aged and elderly people for reference.