Volume 27 | Issue 1
ISSN (Print): 2053-0889
ISSN (Online): 2053-0897
It is well-recognised that synovial joints are innervated by pain-transmitting nerves (nociceptors). These nociceptors are thinly myelinated Aδ-fibres or unmyelinated C-fibres, with their cell bodies are located in the dorsal root ganglia. It is not yet fully understood which algogenics are responsible for stimulating these nociceptors. It is certainly true to say that a strong biomechanical influence underpins the aetiopathogenesis of osteoarthritis.
