Knee diseases
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Anterior knee pain (children) — Arthritis Australia
Anterior knee pain is pain which occurs in the front of the knee around the knee cap
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Anterior knee pain in children and adolescents | Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
What is anterior knee pain? Anterior knee pain is a common complaint in children and adolescents
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Osgood Schlatter syndrome - Better Health Channel
Osgood-Schlatter syndrome is a painful knee condition that affects adolescents.
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Osgood-Schlatter disease - MyDr.com.au
The main symptom of Osgood-Schlatter disease - a common condition that affects children and teenagers during a growth spurt - is pain in the shin bone just below the knee.
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Arthritis and surgery: knee replacement - MyDr.com.au
If you suffer from arthritis of the knee that remains painful despite treatment with medicines, exercise, rest and supports to assist your mobility, you may benefit from a knee replacement.
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Knees — Arthritis Australia
The knee is commonly affected by arthritis, particularly osteoarthritis (OA)
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Knee replacement surgery - Better Health Channel
Knee replacement surgery removes a diseased knee joint and replaces it with an artificial joint.
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Osteoarthritis of the Knee : Clinical Care Standard Consumer Fact Sheet
Osteoarthritis is a condition that causes joints to become painful and stiff. The knee is a common joint that is affected.
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Patellofemoral pain syndrome (kneecap pain) - MyDr.com.au
Patellofemoral pain syndrome is one of the most common disorders of the knee. Find out about the symptoms, causes and treatment.
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Triamcinolone, cartilage loss and knee pain in osteoarthritis
Intra-articular triamcinolone injections are approved as short-term treatment for pain relief for patients with knee osteoarthritis. Evidence does not support long-term use. Find out more.
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Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: High-quality evidence indicates that land-based therapeutic exercise provides short-term benefit that is sustained for at least two to six months after cessation of formal treatment in terms of reduced knee pain, and moderate-quality evidence shows improvement in physical function among people with knee OA
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S-Adenosylmethionine (SAMe) for osteoarthritis | Cochrane
This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of S-Adenosylmethionine on osteoarthritis.
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Aquatic exercise for people with osteoarthritis in the knee or hip | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: There is moderate quality evidence that aquatic exercise may have small, short-term, and clinically relevant effects on patient-reported pain, disability, and QoL in people with knee and hip OA
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Information for clinicians – Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
What clinicians need to know
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Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Overview Opioid analgesics are high-risk medicines, widely used in hospitals and primary care to manage pain.
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Topical analgesics for acute and chronic pain in adults ‐ an overview of Cochrane Reviews - Derry, S - 2017 | Cochrane Library
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Gout Causes and Symptoms | Ausmed
Gout is a common type of inflammatory arthritis that affects almost 1% of Australians, causing severe episodes of pain and swelling that can often occur without any warning.
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The Amputation Journey | Ausmed
Amputation is defined as the ‘partial or complete surgical removal of a limb’. They can be caused by both medical conditions and trauma. Medical conditions resulting in amputation are often those that restrict blood flow to extremities. Other causes include crush injuries, burns and frostbite.
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Lyme Disease: Symptoms, Treatment, Prevention | Ausmed
Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is a bacterial infection transmitted through tick bites. It is a potentially multi-systemic condition that may lead to serious symptoms if left untreated. It is predominantly caused by four types of bacteria in the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato group.
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What is Dengue? (Mosquito Transmitted Diseases) | Ausmed
Dengue is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes dengue fever, a flu-like illness. It is estimated to affect up to 400 million people worldwide every year and is most commonly transmitted through a bite from an Aedes aegypti mosquito. It is not endemic in Australia, but there are imported cases.
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