Talk:Bone spur

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Contents 1 Names 2 From article page 3 Replacement rate and such 4 Possible plagarism

[edit] Names

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[edit] From article page

osteophytes of the knee

Xray diagnosis of my knee swelling and pain indicated osteophytes of the knee, further diagnosis will be a knee scan with dye and an MRI. I have read taping can reduce pain and improve movement over time so I am wrapping my knee with an ace bandage. Please include your treatment experience of knee pain in this article. thanks

I moved this here because it is a question. JFW | T@lk 12:51, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Replacement rate and such

The article says

In an adult, 20 percent of bone calcium is withdrawn from bones and replaced each year. Thus, every five years the bones are renewed.

This is not true. Perhaps 20% of bone calcium is withdrawn and replaced each year (although this does need a citation), but this does not mean that every five years the bones are completely renewed. Only faulty reasoning leads from one to the other; the same reasoning would lead one to think that a radioactive sample will have completely decayed after two half-lives. Not so. After five years, about 33% of bone calcium will still be in place. Reason is that some of the 20 percent that gets replaced this year is the same calcium that got replaced last year. I'm removing the sentence "Thus, every five years..." to this page. 24.162.120.52 01:54, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible plagarism

The "Cause" section is nearly identical with the "What Causes" section of this commercial page: http://www.bonespur.com/bone-spur-surgery.html
Somebody is using somebody else's work without attribution.
Also, source number 4, Neurosurgery Today, says nothing about eruptions being a source of bone spurs. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jcatkeson (talk • contribs) 14:23, August 22, 2007 (UTC).