Arthritis is a term used to cover a number of joint disorders affecting muscles, joints, sometimes movement. In bad cases arthritis can cause disability.

There are different kinds of arthritis resulting in different kinds of symptoms. Examples of arthritis forms are rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

Some forms of arthritis can be treated with medicine, sometimes with additional exercising and training programs. With some forms of arthritis such as for instance osteoarthritis it can sometimes be necessary to replace a hip or the like.

Keynote speakers on arthritis may choose to focus on the various forms of arthritis, on treatment, on medicinal research, etc.