STUDIU CLINIC DESCRIPTIV PE UN LOT DE PACIENŢI CU GONARTROZĂ, INTERNAŢI ÎN SPITALUL CLINIC DE RECUPERARE IAŞI

The aim of our descriptive study was to assess a sample of patients with knee osteoarthritis. Material and methods: A sample of 295 patients was assessed regarding demographical features, co morbidities, some laboratory investigations and therapeutically interventions. Results: The predominance of females (81.4%), urban area (51.8%), age group over 50 (90.2%), primary bilateral disease (90.1%), associated with hip osteoarthritis. coxarthrosis (13.9%), essential arterial hypertension (10.9%), osteoporosis (9.5%) or obesity (8.1%) were the most frequent features of a patient admitted for knee osteoarthritis. Among therapeutically methods, patients received ultrasounds in 61.1% of cases, and kinetotherapy in 16.6%. Conclusions: Our study presented news aspects regarding knee osteoarthritis, in a geographical area of north-east of Romania.