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Could EGFR Put the Brakes on Osteoarthritis Cartilage Degeneration?
In a mouse study, researchers from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine used nanotechnology and previous knowledge of a protein pathway to significantly reduce knee cartilage degeneration and pain. Their study is published in Science Translational Medicine.
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Knee Replacement Surgery is All About the Timing for Best Results
The timing of knee replacement surgery is critical to optimize its benefit. However, people delay surgery and lose function, and others get it too soon with less benefit, Northwestern University researchers suggest.
Mass Spectrometry Aids Search for Osteoarthritis Biomarker
Using mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) have mapped complex sugars on osteoarthritis (OA) cartilage, suggesting that different sugars are associated with damaged tissue compared to healthy tissue.
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Stem Cells Heal, But Could Also Hurt. Here’s How
The same stem cells that heal broken bones can also generate arthritic bone spurs called osteophytes, according to USC researchers. Their study is published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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Consensus Document Offers Recommendations for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis
A global panel of more than 40 experts in various orthopaedic disciplines has published reportedly the first-ever Consensus Document regarding recommended approaches for treating knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients based on their age and activity level.
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Why Do People with Osteoarthritis Experience Different Kinds of Pain?
Altered nervous system mechanisms may account for differences in pain experienced by people with osteoarthritis, according to a recent study published in Arthritis Care & Research.
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App-Based Osteoarthritis Treatment Offers Savings
Osteoarthritis treatment conducted digitally via an app costs around 25% of what conventional care costs, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden published in PLOS ONE.
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Hyaluronic Acid Provides Knee OA Pain Relief with Lower Costs and Fewer Adverse Outcomes, Per Study
Knee osteoarthritis patients treated with intra-articular hyaluronic acid (IHA) to relieve their pain incurred lower total medical care costs than those treated with intra-articular corticosteroids (ICS) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a retrospective study, published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism.
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Study Demonstrates AposTherapy Footwear’s Effect on Osteoarthritis Pain
A new study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders demonstrates the ability of AposTherapy biomechanical footwear devices to help reduce pain associated with knee osteoarthritis and improve patients’ physical function and joint stiffness.
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Don’t Toss Discarded Tissue from TKA Surgeries: Here’s Why
Pluripotency expressing cells can be grown from the cartilage tissue of knee joints affected by ortheoarthritis and can open the doors to a spectrum of novel solutions to address cartilage damage, according to Dr Shojiro Katoh, President, Edogawa Hospital.
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This Device Offers a Pain Management and Surgery Alternative
The sustained acoustic medicine device (sam) from ZetrOZ Systems is an FDA-cleared, long-duration ultrasound device, designed to treat arthritis and soft tissue injuries at home.
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This Links Joint Disease and Psoriasis, Researchers Note
An overabundance of a protein known as KLK6 can produce and worsen the skin inflammation characteristic of psoriasis, and can play a key role in damaging the joints and bones of people with the disorder, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and others.
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New RA Healthline App Offers Social Community for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Now available in the iOS and Android app stores, RA Healthline from Healthline Media offers a community for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) to connect with others to share compassion, support and knowledge – right from their smartphones.
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Try This Joint-Friendly Water Workout for Psoriatic Arthritis
View the slide show to see how aquatic therapy can be used to help people with psoriatic arthritis.
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Össur Announces the Unloader One X Knee Brace
Össur debuts the Unloader One X, the company’s newest addition to its Unloader One line of knee braces designed to help reduce pain and improve function among patients who experience osteoarthritis (OA).
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Avoid Hip Arthroscopy in Patients with Hip Arthritis, HSS Researchers Suggest
The percentage of patients with hip arthritis who had a hip replacement within two years of hip arthroscopy was unacceptably high at 68%, according to a new study of more than 2,600 patients by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). Prior hip arthroscopy was also associated with significantly worse outcomes after hip replacement.
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How Footwear Could Help Reduce Osteoarthritis Pain
Wearing shoes specifically designed with a novel sole (biomechanical footwear) significantly reduces the pain associated with knee osteoarthritis, researchers suggest, in a study published in JAMA.
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