Muscoloskeletal

How Should We Measure Quality of Life Impact in Rare Disease? Recent Learnings in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

1 March 2019

The measurement of quality of life in the context of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is challenging. This is because the disease is experienced by children and is rare, which makes data collection difficult. This Briefing reports on a symposium that outlined some lessons that can be learnt from the SMA context that might be more widely applicable.

Arthritis

1 March 1992

Arthritis is a common and chronic disease with over 200 conditions included in this category. It affects every tenth inhabitant of the world according to the…

Osteoporosis and the risk of fracture

1 January 1990

Osteoporosis has been a long recognised disorder even if its causes have not. Research undertaken by Little (1973) found examples from as early as the sixth…

Hip Replacement in the NHS

1 March 1982

Of all forms of joint replacement operation, that for hips represents the most outstanding innovation. It is perhaps the major post-war surgical development and the key…

Rheumatism and Arthritis in Britain

1 March 1973

During the past Century the general improvement in living standards and the development of modem medicine have eliminated infectious disease as a major cause of mortality…