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Popular Posts
- The incision for shoulder arthroplasty: location, location, location
- Recent JBJS article on failures (51%) of anatomic total shoulder arthroplasties
- Despite advancements in implant design and surgical expertise, the rate of failures due to glenoid component loosening remains unchanged
- Same type of arthroplasty, different outcomes for the right and left shoulder.
- Shoulder exercises
- Rotator cuff and rotator cuff tears - what you should know about them.
- X-rays for shoulder arthritis
- Shoulder arthritis - what you should know about it.
- Return to ocean swimming after ream and run with anteriorly eccentric humeral head
- The Latest Update on Orthopaedic Infections from AAOS, MSIS, and OTA
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Types of arthritis
The shoulder can be affected by many different types of arthritis. Some of the more common include osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease), chondrolysis, post-arthroscopic glenohumeral chondrolysis, cuff tear arthropathy, capsulorrhaphy arthropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, osteonecrosis (avascular necrosis), psoriatic arthritis, lupus, infectious (septic) arthritis, Paget's disease, gout, ankylosing spondylitis, crystal deposition disease, Reiter's, lyme disease, Ehlers Danlos, fibromyalgia, juvenile arthritis, and Sjogren's. Some useful general information can be found on our living with arthritis page.