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Spinal Stenosis Learning Center

Causes could include:
Arthritis involving the spine, usually in middle-aged or elderly people; Herniated or slipped disk; Injury that causes pressure on the nerve roots or the spinal cord itself; Defect in the spine that was present from birth (congenital defect) Tumor...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 10, 2009
Spinal stenosis causes pain in the buttocks, thigh, and calf and increasing weakness in the legs. The patient may also have difficulty controlling bladder and bowel functions. The pain of spinal stenosis seems more severe when the patient walks do...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 26, 2009
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive disorder of the joints caused by gradual loss of cartilage that may result in the development of bony spurs and cysts at the margins of the joints. The name osteoarthritis comes from three Greek words meaning b...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Osteoarthritis (OA), which is also known as osteoarthrosis or degenerative joint disease (DJD), is a progressive disorder of the joints caused by gradual loss of cartilage and resulting in the development of bony spurs and cysts at the margins of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease characterized by the breakdown of the joint's cartilage.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease characterized by the breakdown of the joint's cartilage.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Osteoarthritis (OA), which is also known as osteoarthrosis or degenerative joint disease (DJD), is a progressive disorder of the joints caused by gradual loss of cartilage and resulting in the development of bony spurs and cysts at the margins of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Osteoarthritis, which is also called degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease, is primarily a disease that results from the breakdown and loss of cartilage in joints (e.g., knees, hips, wrists). Cartilage, a connective tissue that cove...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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