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Speciality Spotlight
Arthritis
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NE Lane, JW Oehlert, DA Bloch et al (Univ of California, San Francisco; Stanford Univ, Calif) : The Relationship of Running to Osteoarthritis of the Knee and Hip and Bone Mineral Density of the Lumbar Spine: A 9 Year Longitudinal Study.
J Rheumatol 25:334-341,1998.
Running has become a very popular form of exercise among middle aged and older adults. There has been some apprehension that running might lead to accelerated development of osteoarthritis in weight-bearing joints. Clinical follow up has given a reassuring conclusion that there is no difference in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee between runners and non-runners. Also there is some increased bone mineral density in higher lumbar spine in runners but this is not significant.
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A Berman, P Cahn, H Perez, et al (Louisiana State Univ, New Orleans; Univ of Tucuman School of Medicine, Argentian; Hosp Fernandez, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Associated Arthritis: clinical Characteristics.
J Rheumatol 26: 1158-1162, 1999.
It is now recognised that HIV infection can produce distinct inflammatory articular reaction. However, the questions remain as to why is HIV arthritis self-limited even while the infection is prolonged ?
The second question is why does it occur more frequently in the late stages of HIV infection and not in the early stages?
