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22-09-2018 | Osteoarthritis | Article

Association of varus knee thrust during walking with worsening WOMAC knee pain: The multicenter osteoarthritis study

Wink AE et al. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2018. doi: 10.1002/acr.23766

18-09-2018 | Osteoarthritis | Review | Article

Fixed-dose combination amlodipine/celecoxib (Consensi) for hypertension and osteoarthritis

Smith SM, Cooper-DeHoff RM. Am J Med 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.08.027

12-09-2018 | Osteoarthritis | Review | Article

Modern-day environmental factors in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis

Berenbaum F et al. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41584-018-0073-x

Weight gain may be linked to development of knee OA in overweight patients

Weight gain may be linked to development of knee OA in overweight patients

Overweight and obese women who gain weight over a 2.5-year period are more likely to experience progression of knee joint synovitis than those who maintain a stable bodyweight, research suggests.

06-09-2018 | Osteoarthritis | Article

Triamcinolone acetonide extended-release in patients with osteoarthritis and type 2 diabetes: A randomized, phase 2 study

Russell SJ et al. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2018: key265. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/key265

03-09-2018 | Osteoarthritis | Highlight | News

Weight gain may be linked to development of knee OA in overweight patients

Overweight and obese women who gain weight over a 2.5-year period are more likely to experience progression of knee joint synovitis than those who maintain a stable bodyweight, research suggests.

28-07-2018 | Osteoarthritis | Review | Article

The impact of sarcopenic obesity on knee and hip osteoarthritis: A scoping review

Godziuk K et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2018; 19: 271. doi: 10.1186/s12891-018-2175-7

02-07-2018 | Osteoarthritis | News

The more weight loss the better in overweight patients with knee OA

Overweight and obese older adults with knee osteoarthritis experience clinical and mechanistic benefits in line with their degree of weight loss, suggests a secondary analysis of the IDEA randomized controlled trial.

14-06-2018 | Osteoarthritis | EULAR 2018 | News

Disease severity linked to depression risk in OA patients

More severe structural disease is associated with an increased risk for depression among patients with radiographic knee osteoarthritis, according to study results presented at the EULAR 2018 meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Disease severity linked to depression risk in OA patients

Disease severity linked to depression risk in OA patients

More severe structural disease is associated with an increased risk for depression among patients with radiographic knee osteoarthritis, according to study results presented at the EULAR 2018 meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Knee pain (symbolic image with model)

12-06-2018 | Osteoarthritis | Article

Living with osteoarthritis is a balancing act: An exploration of patients’ beliefs about knee pain

This study aimed to explore the beliefs of people with knee osteoarthritis about the disease, and how these beliefs had formed and what impact these beliefs had on activity participation, health behaviour, and self-management.

Darlow B et al. BMC Rheumatol 2018; 2: 15. doi: 10.1186/s41927-018-0023-x

Living with osteoarthritis is a balancing act: An exploration of patients’ beliefs about knee pain

Living with osteoarthritis is a balancing act: An exploration of patients’ beliefs about knee pain

This study aimed to explore the beliefs of people with knee osteoarthritis about the disease, and how these beliefs had formed and what impact these beliefs had on activity participation, health behaviour, and self-management [read more].
Darlow B et al. BMC Rheumatol 2018; 2: 15. doi: 10.1186/s41927-018-0023-x

08-06-2018 | Pain | Review | Article

Cannabinoids for the treatment of rheumatic diseases: Where do we stand?

Katz-Talmor D et al. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41584-018-0025-5

04-06-2018 | Inflammation | Review | Article

Novel insights into the role of inflammasomes in autoimmune and metabolic rheumatic diseases

Deuteraiou K et al. Rheumatol Int 2018. doi: 10.1007/s00296-018-4074-5