{"id":31668,"date":"2023-01-11T16:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/que-es-la-artrosis\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T07:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T06:27:02","slug":"what-is-osteoarthritis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/what-is-osteoarthritis\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Osteoarthritis?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is Osteoarthritis?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a\u00a0degenerative joint disease<\/strong>\u00a0that affects both the cartilage and the bone and soft tissues of the joint. It belongs to the group of\u00a0\u201cRheumatic Diseases\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and, within this classification, it is considered a type of\u00a0arthritis<\/strong>.<\/p>

OA can occur in the\u00a0hip, knees, hands, feet and spine,\u00a0<\/strong>the first three being the most frequent ones. It produces\u00a0pain<\/strong>\u00a0and directly affects the mobility and autonomy of the person who suffers from it, with the psychological wear and tear that this entails. For the OA patient, the most common task can become a major obstacle due to the limitations associated with this pathology. In addition, it is linked to other\u00a0co-morbidity problems<\/strong>\u00a0such as hypertension or cardiovascular diseases, among others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\u00a0symptoms of osteoarthritis<\/strong>\u00a0are progressive and dilated over time. In a first stage,\u00a0the pain<\/strong>\u00a0appears<\/strong>\u00a0associated with the movement and the effort to which the joint is submitted, although, in this first phase, the pain ceases with a period of rest. In a second stage, the worsening of the disease causes the pain to appear after rest and exercise, so that the discomfort is more continuous and practically constant. Another characteristic symptom of the disease is the progressive inability of joint function, leading -in the long run-\u00a0to loss of mobility<\/strong>. With the evolution of the disease,\u00a0deformations<\/strong>\u00a0of the bones and muscular contractures can occur, aggravating the pain and atrophying the muscles that surround the joints.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Worldwide, an estimated 595 million people have osteoarthritis <\/strong>and in Spain the figure is of 7 million patients. In addition, it is the main cause of permanent disability<\/strong> and the third cause of temporary working place disability.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently, osteoarthritis represents an average annual cost of 4,738 million euros<\/strong> for the Spanish Health System (focusing only on knee and hip osteoarthritis) and, despite its prevalence, it remains an unknown disease to the majority of the population.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Despite its social impact, osteoarthritis is perceived as a distant pathology, only associated with old age. But the reality is\u00a0that it not only affects the elderly<\/strong>. With the increase in life expectancy and the change in attitude of society to lead a more active lifestyle in which the practice of sport has increased, the cases of osteoarthritis are beginning to be detected in other younger risk groups such as postmenopausal women, athletes and even young people.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis (OA) is a\u00a0degenerative joint disease\u00a0that affects both the cartilage and the bone and soft tissues of the joint. It belongs to the group of\u00a0\u201cRheumatic Diseases\u201d\u00a0and, within this classification, it is considered a type of\u00a0arthritis. OA can occur in the\u00a0hip, knees, hands, feet and spine,\u00a0the first three being the most frequent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31668","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31668"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38474,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31668\/revisions\/38474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}