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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on February 3, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44(4):419-422; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh555
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Rheumatology Vol. 44 No. 4 © British Society for Rheumatology 2005; all rights reserved

EDITORIAL

Gerontorheumatology: the challenge to meet health-care demands for the elderly with musculoskeletal conditions

W. van Lankveld, M. Franssen and A. Stenger

Sint Maartenskliniek, Department of Rheumatology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Correspondence to: W. van Lankveld, Sint Maartenskliniek Research, P.O. Box 9011, 6500 GM Nijmegen, The Netherlands. E-mail: w.vanlankveld@maartenskliniek.nl

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The aim of this editorial is to keep the needs of the elderly with musculoskeletal conditions a rheumatological priority. The number of older patients with musculoskeletal conditions will double in the near future. Pitfalls in diagnostics will be described, as well as possible limitations in treatment. These difficulties in diagnostics and treatment underline the need for specific attention for this group of patients. The gerontorheumatological outpatient service in the Netherlands is described, as an example of a way in which special attention to the problems of the elderly with musculoskeletal conditions is given. Experimental studies on the effect of gerontorheumatological interventions are non-existent. Therefore, evidence from geriatric studies showing the positive effect of similar services for the frail elderly is given. Finally, important topics in future research on gerontorheumatology are suggested.

In Western society, the percentage of elderly people in the population has increased dramatically during recent decades and is . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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