Patients of the elderly age group commonly suffer from degenerative diseases of all joints with musculo-skeletal aging. Weight bearing joints are affected more than the joints of the upper limb usually.
Degenerative Arthritis of the knee, hip, spine and shoulder are most common amongst all. Along with this the incidence of bone insufficency and fractures associated with fall are also common. The most common fractures include the wrist, the spine, the hip and the shoulder.