ISSN: 2640-2734
Authors: Patel HM* and Patel DV
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most frequent type of arthritis. It is also regarded as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease. OA is ranked as one of the main causes of disability amongst the elders. Worldwide estimation suggested over one hundred million humans globally suffer from OA, which is one of the most frequent reasons of disability. As per the WHO report on disability (2011), the prevalence of average and severe disability (in millions) due to OA in high-income nations was 1.9 and 8.1 in the age crew of 0–59 and above 60 years, respectively. Globally there are a number of treatments, number of new guidelines, medicine, diagnosis tools and research available for Knee OA. Still at some point the medical profession fails to reduce Knee OA prevalence. So what will happen after 20 Years? Does Medical Science reduce knee OA prevalence? Or will it keep increasing? Does our current research will help or in a correct way to reduce it?
Keywords: Osteoarthritis; Knees; WHO
