Functional repercussion of polyarthrosis of the elderly in tunisia.

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease in the elderly. The often multifocal location at this age can be a source of pain, limitation of everyday activities, thus affecting their quality of life.

Aim: To evaluate functional status of aged people with generalized OA in Tunisia, and to detect the main factors associated with a poor function in order to optimize their medical care.

[Isokinetic profile of knee muscles in Tunisian competitive footballers].

Background: During football several joints are greatly demanded, especially the knees.The interest of the isokinetic is to detect an imbalance between agonist and antagonist muscles of the muscle leg and between dominant and non dominant leg, in order to prevent injuries and to improve the physical fitness of young soccer players.

Aim: evaluate the isokinetic profile of flexor and extensor muscles of the knee of competitive footballers Methods : Prospective study conducted in the department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine of the Military Tunis Hospital, including 15 competitive footballers and evaluated during the month of August 2012.

[Epidemiology and clinical profile of knee osteoarthrosis in the elderly].

Background: Osteoarthris represents one of the most frequent degenerative pathologies. Its prevalence increases with the age as well as the functional consequences which are more considerable at the elderly population. aim : study the epidemiology and clinical features of knee osteoarthritis of older patient.

[Functional impairment in patients with rheumatoid spondylitis of the pelvis].

Aim: To assess functional impairment in patients with rheumatoid pelvispondylite.

Methods: cross-sectional study conducted on patients with rheumatoid pelvispondylite. Data are collected in a form specifying the epidemiological and demographic data, disease activity by Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), metrological static and dynamic examination.

[Necessity of physical activities restriction after lumbar diskectomy].

Background: Necessity of physical activities restriction after lumbar discectomy have been described in the literature.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine if early rehabilitation could favorably influence the prognosis of military patients who had undergone lumbar disk surgery.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study involving patients who have had lumbar disk surgery, and had undergone physical rehabilitation program.