Now and then
Aging and the musculoskeletal system
Department of Medicine
and Resnick Gerontology Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Correspondence to: Dr D Hamerman, Department of Medicine and Resnick Gerontology Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
Accepted for publication 17 July 1997
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Introduction |
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I heard the old, old men say,
"Everything alters
And one by one we drop away".
They had hands like claws, and their knees
Were twisted like the old thorn trees
By the waters
W B Yeats1
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Geriatric and rheumatological linkages: public health implications |
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Editors in medical journals worldwide have selected aging as the
1997 Global Theme Issue. In proposing this article, the editors of the
Annals have considered the importance and implications of
the growth of the very elderly population in developed countries and
the widespread prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions in this age
group. Broadening the scope of this discussion from osteoarthritis, about which I have written in this journal earlier,2 to
include musculoskeletal disorders, permits consideration of a range of interactive conditions that also affect soft tissues, tendons, and
ligaments (fibromyalgia, tendinitis), bones (osteoporosis), the
intervertebral discs (degeneration), and muscles (polymyalgia, myopathies). This article will focus primarily on aging associated conditions involving bones, muscles, and peripheral
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