DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA OF OSTEARTHROSIS IN PATIENTS OF SENIOR AGE GROUPS

Abstract

This article presents the results of the study of the peculiarities of the course and diagnosis of of ostearthrosis (OA) in elderly people. In our work we studied 66 ОА patients. Of these, 32 (48.4%) of the patients first fell ill in old age, 20 (30.3 %) of patients became ill for more than 15 years and 15 (21.2 %) of patients younger than 40 years made up a control group.