http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/1792/ashley-quick Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:09:39 -0400 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:09:39 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/815/the-natural-history-of-osteoarthritis By Ashley Quick - Early signs of vertebral osteoarthritis begin to appear around the age of thirty. By age fifty, almost everyone exhibits some form of osteoarthritis in their spine, and with time the arthritis advances. The examination of a 3.2 million year-old ancestor verifies osteoarthritis‟ longstanding condition in bipeds. Osteoarthritis in the vertebral column is characterized by osteophyte formation, or "lipping," on any part of the vertebra (Nordin 1989). This comparative study aims to target the location, frequency, and severity of osteophyte formation in the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae of humans... Sun, 24 Nov 2013 03:09 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/815/the-natural-history-of-osteoarthritis