Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 81-95 , October 2009

Commentary: Is It Useful to Subset “Primary” Osteoarthritis? A Critique Based on Evidence Regarding the Etiopathogenesis of Osteoarthritis

  • Kenneth D. Brandt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Fairway, KS
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Kenneth D. Brandt, MD, 5755 Windsor Drive, Fairway, Kansas 66205
    • ,
  • Paul Dieppe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Chair in Clinical Education Research, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, England
    • ,
  • Eric L. Radin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Marion, MA

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 Some of the thoughts expressed in this article are included in the chapter, “Neuromuscular Aspects of Osteoarthritis,” by KDB that is to be published in 2009 by Wiley-Blackwell in the book, Osteoarthritis Pain, edited by DT Felson and H-G Schaible, and the chapter, “Etiopathogenesis of Osteoarthritis,” by KDB, PD, and ELR that was published recently in Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America (2008;34:531-59).

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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