RADIOGRAPHY OF OSTEOARTHRITIS AS AN ABNORMAL ANATOMICAL CHANGE IN GERIATRICS

The aim: A study was aimed to investigate the correlation between the prevalence of osteoarthritis and progression of age.

Materials and methods: A study was conducted on two group of population; it increasing prevalence due to the demographic development of the society has major implications for individual and public healthcare with the increasing necessity for clinical imaging assessment in a high number of individuals. First group included 260 people their ages ranged from 65-70 year old. The second group included 270 elderly people their ages ranged from 71-80 year old. All people under study were imaged by radiography to diagnose different joints and bone affection which includes; a debilitating, degenerative disease of the articular cartilage and synovial fluid. The prevalence of radiographic osteoarthritis in different joints was record 31% in first group (65-70 year) as compare with 69.7% recorded to group two population (71-80 year).

Results: From this study we can conclude that the progression of osteoarthritis after 71 years of age increased significantly. Therefore, the limitations of radiographs in osteoarthritis assessment could be overcome by these techniques.

Conclusions: This article should provide an insight into the most important radiological features prevalence of osteoarthritis and their systematic visualization with different imaging approaches that can be used in clinical, radiologists and referring clinicians to better understand the evolution of symptomatic prevalence of osteoarthritis and the current or future clinical significance of the most common symptomatic and asymptomatic findings.