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DAVID H. KLING, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1934;29(1):138-148.

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Recent investigations have emphasized the significance of disturbances of the peripheral circulation in the etiology of conditions of the joints and muscles. In 1909, Wollenberg,¹ on the basis of arteriosclerotic changes in the affected joints, advanced the theory of the vascular origin of osteo-arthritis; he experimentally produced overgrowth of the patella by a circular ligation of the blood vessels. The experiment was recently repeated and confirmed by Goldhaft² and his co-workers, who had previously demonstrated, in studies of the blood flow, blood gases, capillary microscopy and surface temperature, a deficiency of peripheral circulation in arthritis. Hench, Henderson, Rowntree and Adson,³ of the Mayo Clinic, reported good results in rheumatoid arthritis with ramisection and sympathetic ganglionectomy, which eliminated the vasoconstriction. Von Papp⁴ stated that a spasm of the arterioles produces myalgia. The beneficial effect of physical therapy in rheumatic infections is also considered to be due chiefly . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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LOS ANGELES

From the Arthritis Department of the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Read before the Society of Physical Therapy, New York, Feb. 1, 1933.

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