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Arthroscopic knee surgery offers no lasting pain benefit

Posted on: 16/06/2015 - 23:30

Arthroscopic knee surgery in middle-aged or older patients with knee pain is associated with greater harm than good, according to a meta-analysis. The analysis of nine randomized, controlled trials...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

OARSI: CRP is prognostic marker in knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 01/06/2015 - 22:26

SEATTLE – C-reactive protein is associated with the presence and progression of bone marrow lesions in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, according to data from a cohort study of 192 patients...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

OARSI: CRP is prognostic marker in knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 01/06/2015 - 22:26

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

OARSI: Predictors of crossover to surgery identified in patients with meniscal tears and OA

Posted on: 13/05/2015 - 18:03

SEATTLE – Certain clinical factors help predict which patients with knee meniscal tears and osteoarthritis will abandon physical therapy (PT) for su... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

OARSI: Bisphosphonate users less likely to undergo knee replacement

Posted on: 12/05/2015 - 17:58

SEATTLE – Women with knee osteoarthritis who took bisphosphonates were 27% less likely to undergo joint replacement surgery than were women who didn... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

OARSI: Bisphosphonate users less likely to undergo knee replacement

Posted on: 12/05/2015 - 17:58

SEATTLE – Women with knee osteoarthritis who took bisphosphonates were 27% less likely to undergo joint replacement surgery than were women who didn... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Acupuncture failed to reduce chronic knee pain

Posted on: 30/09/2014 - 21:00

Neither traditional nor laser acupuncture is more effective than sham acupuncture at lessening pain or improving function in patients older than 50 years who have moderate to severe chronic knee...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

The Medical Roundtable: Osteoarthritis Coping Guidelines for the Elderly

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 19:07

Moderator: Eric P. Gall, MD, MACP, MACR Discussants: Joel A. Block, MD; Roland W. Moskowitz, MD FoxP2 Media LLC is the publisher of The Medical Ro

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Most kneecap pain can be managed conservatively

Posted on: 24/07/2014 - 21:00

SEATTLE – In about 80% of patients, patellofemoral knee pain is due to muscular dysfunction and often responds to strengthening and other conservative measures, according to Dr. Christian Lattermann...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Different triggers found for knee and hand OA

Posted on: 13/06/2014 - 14:20

Mechanical stress is the most important underlying mechanism in osteoarthritis of the knees, while systemic processes may contribute most to hand osteoarthritis, Dutch researchers <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Arthroscopic knee surgery offers no lasting pain benefit

OARSI: CRP is prognostic marker in knee osteoarthritis

OARSI: CRP is prognostic marker in knee osteoarthritis

OARSI: Predictors of crossover to surgery identified in patients with meniscal tears and OA

OARSI: Bisphosphonate users less likely to undergo knee replacement

OARSI: Bisphosphonate users less likely to undergo knee replacement

Acupuncture failed to reduce chronic knee pain

The Medical Roundtable: Osteoarthritis Coping Guidelines for the Elderly

Most kneecap pain can be managed conservatively

Different triggers found for knee and hand OA

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