Clinical manifestations of Kashin-Beck disease in Nyemo Valley, Tibet

• Published in: International orthopaedics Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 151 - 156
• Main Authors: MATHIEU, F, BEGAUX, F, ZHANG YONG LAN, SUETENS, C, HINSENKAMP, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Springer 01.07.1997; Springer-Verlag
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Biological and medical sciences; Body Height; Child; Child, Preschool; Developing Countries; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Endemic Diseases; Female; Growth Disorders - epidemiology; Growth Disorders - etiology; Growth Disorders - physiopathology; Humans; Incidence; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Original; Osteoarthritis - diagnosis; Osteoarthritis - epidemiology; Osteoarthritis - physiopathology; Range of Motion, Articular - physiology; Risk Factors; Rural Population; Sex Distribution; Tibet - epidemiology; Weight-Bearing - physiology; Tibet; Asia; China; Human; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Classification; Sex; Arthropathy; Age criterion; Clinical form; Evolution; Environmental factor; Kashin Beck disease; Diagnosis; Multivariate analysis
• ISSN: 0341-2695; 1432-5195
• DOI: 10.1007/s002640050139

Clinical manifestations of Kashin-Beck disease have been studied in Central Tibet. Statistical analysis of physical signs allowed a definition of the clinical diagnosis and a scale for the functional severity for the disease to be drawn up. This classification is used for the assessment of patients who received palliative physical treatment. A group of 136 patients have been examined and their disabled joints classified according to pain, bony enlargement and restriction of movement. 57% were between 20 and 35 years of age. The patients mainly complained about their distal weightbearing joints. The clinical evolution of the disease is described from childhood to adult life.