Features of Joint Lesions in Women with Co-Morbidity of Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis Based On the Constitution

In this paper, the features of joint lesions in women with co-morbidity of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis based on the constitution were presented. It was found that the combined lesions of the knee joints with the small joints of the hands, knee joints combined with the !rst metatarsophalangeal joint, as well as isolated osteoarthritis of the knee joint were signi!cantly more frequently identi!ed in patients with a mesosome constitution. Combined defeat of knee joints with hip joints was found to occur in patients with megalosome constitution. IJBM 2012; 2(3):183-185. © 2012 International Medical Research and Development Corporation. All rights reserved.