Chiropractic treatment for Arthritis
The word ARTHRITIS means inflammation of the joint. Arthritis can affect a person at any age. Sometimes the symptoms of arthritis are called rheumatism. The most common form, osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease), is a result of trauma to the joint, infection of the joint, or age. Other arthritis forms are rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and related autoimmune diseases. Septic arthritis is caused by joint infection.
GENETIC LINK BETWEEN IBS AND AS
Researchers have widely noted an intriguing link between some intestinal diseases and some forms of arthritis. In particular, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) frequently afflicts patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Separately, both IBD and AS have been shown to run in families. Yet, the specific genetic susceptibility, and whether it is the same for both diseases, remains a mystery.
Comparing the data on all living Icelanders diagnosed with AS (205 individuals) and all diagnosed with IBD (1,352 individuals) with the body of genealogic data on over 790,000 Icelanders, researchers found significant clustering of each condition within families, extending over 6 generations.
Furthermore, patients with IBD and patients with AS were more closely related to each other, even after exclusion of second-degree relatives — grandparents, grandchildren, and first cousins — than were population controls.
While this study indicates an inherited bond between the risk of AS and IBD, the nature of this genetic abnormality is speculative. “Our results provide strong evidence that a molecular-genetic approach should be utilized in patients with these diseases,” observes the study’s lead author, Dr. Bjarni Thjodleifsson.
Arthritis & Rheumatism – July 30, 2007;Epub.
www.rheumatology.org
GENETIC LINK BETWEEN IBS AND AS
Researchers have widely noted an intriguing link between some intestinal diseases and some forms of arthritis. In particular, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) frequently afflicts patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Separately, both IBD and AS have been shown to run in families. Yet, the specific genetic susceptibility, and whether it is the same for both diseases, remains a mystery.
Comparing the data on all living Icelanders diagnosed with AS (205 individuals) and all diagnosed with IBD (1,352 individuals) with the body of genealogic data on over 790,000 Icelanders, researchers found significant clustering of each condition within families, extending over 6 generations.
Furthermore, patients with IBD and patients with AS were more closely related to each other, even after exclusion of second-degree relatives — grandparents, grandchildren, and first cousins — than were population controls.
While this study indicates an inherited bond between the risk of AS and IBD, the nature of this genetic abnormality is speculative. “Our results provide strong evidence that a molecular-genetic approach should be utilized in patients with these diseases,” observes the study’s lead author, Dr. Bjarni Thjodleifsson.
Arthritis & Rheumatism – July 30, 2007;Epub.
www.rheumatology.org
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HOW DOES FEAR OF PAIN AFFECT MOVEMENT?
Low-back pain (LBP) sufferers who are afraid of experiencing pain adopt different movement patterns, compared with individuals who are not as afraid of back pain. These findings are from a report in the current issue of the journal Spine.
Investigators assessed the pain-related fear of 36 people with subacute LBP. Then, at 3, 6, and 12 weeks following pain onset, the participants underwent reaching movement tests. According to the study, “three-dimensional joint motions of the thoracic spine, lumbar spine, and hip were recorded using an electromagnetic tracking device.”
Findings showed that “individuals with high pain-related fear adopt alternative movement strategies and avoid motion of the lumbar spine when performing a common reaching movement.”
“Identifying how pain-related fear maps to actual motor behavior (i.e., alternative movement strategies) is a crucial first step in determining how pain-related fear and motor behavior interact to promote or delay recovery from acute low back pain,” add the study’s authors.
Spine – July 15, 2007 ;32:E460-E466.
www.spinejournal.com
rel=”author”>Masoud Shamaeizadeh
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