Musculoskeletal pain in Malaysia: a COPCORD survey.

Objective: To assess the nature and extent of rheumatic complaints in a semirural area in a multiracial (Malay, Indian, Chinese) community in Malaysia using the Community Oriented Program for the Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) protocol initiated by ILAR and the WHO.

Methods: All members of a community of 2700 persons over the age of 15 years were offered a questionnaire based interview in Phase 1 of the study. Those with rheumatic complaints (pain in the last 1 week) were invited for a physical examination by a rheumatologist in Phase 2.

Determinants of locomotor disability in people aged 55 years and over: the Rotterdam Study.

Locomotor disability, as defined by difficulties in activities of daily living related to lower limb function, can be the consequence of diseases and impairments of the cardiovascular, pulmonary, nervous, sensory and musculoskeletal system. We estimated the associations between specific diseases and impairments and locomotor disability, and the proportion of disability attributable to each condition, controlling for age and comorbidity. The Rotterdam Study is a prospective follow-up study among people aged 55 years and over in the general population.

Assessing joint pain complaints and locomotor disability in the Rotterdam study: effect of population selection and assessment mode.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of self-assessed and physician-assessed disability and joint pain, their association, and the effect of cohort reduction and mode of assessment.

Design: Cross-sectional population survey.

Setting: General population, age 55 years and older.

Heritabilities of radiologic osteoarthritis in peripheral joints and of disc degeneration of the spine.

Objective: To estimate the genetic influence on the occurrence of radiologic osteoarthritis (ROA) in the knees, hips, and hands and disc degeneration of the spine in the general population.

Methods: A random sample of 1,583 individuals was drawn to estimate the prevalence of ROA and disc degeneration in the general population. Of 118 probands with multiple affected joint sites who were derived from this sample, we were able to recruit 257 siblings.

Effect of a logopedic instruction program after adenoidectomy on open mouth posture: a single-blind study.

The effect of adenoidectomy (controls) on habitual open mouth posture was compared with adenoidectomy in combination with a logopedic instruction program (cases). One hundred and fifty-nine children were included (aged 2-10 years, mean age 4.6 years).