“Osteoarthritis, aka degenerative joint disease?”,”Degenerative joint disease presents in adults over age 40 with indolent progressive anterior hip pain worsened by activity and relieved by rest. Morning stiffness or stiffness after prolonged resting is a consistent feature, but in contrasts to rheumatoid arthritis, the morning stiffness of osteoarthritis lasts less than 30 to 60 minutes. The hip is not tender to palpation, but may be limited to active and passive internal and external rotation
and and systemic symptoms are absent.”