Diagnosis of Gonarthrosis
How is it diagnosed?
It is diagnosed by medical examination performed by both pain and mobility, coupled with the appearance of the joint on radiographs. The appearance of the films may not correspond to the suffering of the patient as a patient’s discomfort almost too radiographic images can be altered and vice versa.
X-rays can uncover the causes of osteoarthritis. For example dysplasias, chondrocalcinosis, necrosis and osteochondritis when radiographic images show very advanced features, apart from secondary osteoarthritis.
What other conditions can cause knee pain?
- Sciatica
- Injury of nerves that pick up the feelings of the knee.
- Illness or ruptures of tendons that are anchored in the region of the knee (tendinitis of anserine, patellar tendonitis, etc)
- Meniscal or ligamentous injuries of the knee
- Changes in femur or tibia when osteonecrosis has not yet produced arthritis, tumors, infections, fractures that have gone unnoticed.
- Changes in the popliteal artery (aneurysm, etc)
- A popliteal cyst: a pocket, formed usually at the expense of the weakest area of the knee capsule wall. This area resists pressure badly deformed joint and swelling like a balloon.
- Injuries to the hip (in some cases present with knee pain rather than hip).
Phase of inflammation should be ruled out rheumatic diseases and acute infection.