There are both nonoperative and operative treatment options for glenohumeral arthritis. Because of the slow onset and chronic nature of glenohumeral arthritis, there is ample opportunity to use ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on "The Treatment of Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis." This major joint in ...

When nonsurgical options for osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint are exhausted, total shoulder arthroplasty has been well studied and carries the most predictable outcome. For patients wishing to ...

Osteoarthritis is a joint disease causing cartilage breakdown, pain, and stiffness. Management involves personalized plans with lifestyle changes, therapy, and medication. Key management components ...

Stiff knees, aching hips and the slow grind of chronic joint pain are often accepted as an unavoidable part of getting older. But while osteoarthritis is the world's most common joint disease, experts ...

Degenerative joint diseases like osteoarthritis and intervertebral disk degeneration are conditions that affect millions of ...

Stiff knees, aching hips and the slow grind of chronic joint pain are often accepted as an unavoidable part of getting older. But while osteoarthritis is the world’s most common joint disease, experts ...

A stiff knee in the morning or an aching hand after a long day might feel like the same problem, but they both can pose different problems. Joint pain can affect anyone, but not all of them are ...

Background: High demands imposed to the shoulder during tennis activity can decrease the efficiency of static and dynamic constraints. Subtle or frank instability of the glenohumeral joint may occur, ...

The patient is a 52-year-old right-hand-dominant man with a 3-year history of shoulder pain. He is a retired package delivery worker whose former job involved a significant amount of heavy lifting.