Cultural Adaptation for Common Orthopedic Disorders Pathology and Presentations With Focus on Middle Eastern and Asian Patients

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  • Abdulrazzaq Alobaid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/ORHOJ-1-105

Keywords:

genetics, lifestyle, environmental factors

Abstract

Globalization has gone parallel to the evolution of the human societies. The current migration and immigration trends towards high-income countries resulted in societies with multi-ethnic backgrounds. This resulted in the introduction of diseases and pathology not com-monly encountered among those societies, placing challenges on the medical communities and treating physicians. Thus, it is essential for the medical communities to appreciate and under-stand the cultural differences. A brief overview on common orthopedic issues and the variation among different ethnic groups.

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Published

2025-09-11

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Abdulrazzaq Alobaid. (2025). Cultural Adaptation for Common Orthopedic Disorders Pathology and Presentations With Focus on Middle Eastern and Asian Patients. Osteology and Rheumatology, 1(2), 14–16. https://doi.org/10.17140/ORHOJ-1-105

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): Volume 1 Issue 2 2016

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