Northern Kentucky Univ., Highland Heights. Text provides practical tips on nursing management, self care, and the importance of exercise. Focuses on specific arthritic conditions in a uniform format, epidemology, clinical features, diagnosis, pharmacotherapy, and nursing management and interventions.
Contributors
ix
Foreword
xi
Priscilla Ebersole
Introduction
1
(10)
Ann Schmidt Luggen
Sue E. Meiner
Part I: Arthritic Diseases and Related Conditions
Osteoarthritis
11
(18)
Patricia Birchfield
Rheumatoid Arthritis
29
(24)
Ann Schmidt Luggen
Gouty Arthritis
53
(12)
Sue E. Meiner
Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
65
(12)
Laurie Kennedy-Malone
Cervical and Lumbar Disk Problems
77
(10)
Sue E. Meiner
Osteoporosis
87
(20)
Patricia Mezinskis
Part II: Managing Arthritis
Assessing and Managing Pain
107
(24)
Ann Schmidt Luggen
Exercise and Physical Therapy
131
(24)
Barbara Resnick
Patient Teaching Tools and Self-Help Techniques: Focus on Cultural Diversity
155
(16)
Ann Mabe Newman
Quality of Life Issues
171
(10)
Phyllis J. Atkinson
Alternative and Complementary Therapies
181
(8)
Mary R. Painter-Romanello
Participating in Sports with Arthritis
189
(16)
Catherine A. Hill
Index
205
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