Orthopedics - Arthritis/Rheumatology News & Articles

201 Preparing for the bundled-payment initiative: the cost and clinical outcomes of total shoulder arthroplasty for the surgical treatment of glenohumeral arthritis at an average 4-year follow-up Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, March 20, 2013    Clinical Article

202 High disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis is associated with increased serum sclerostin level and decreased wingless protein-3a signaling but is not linked with greater structural damage Full Text BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, March 20, 2013

203 Serum hyaluronan levels increase with the total number of osteoarthritic joints and are strongly associated with the presence of knee and finger osteoarthritis International Orthopaedics, March 20, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Clinical Article

204 Comparison of High Tibial Osteotomy and Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Unicompartmental Osteoarthritis: A Meta-Analysis Journal of Arthroplasty, March 20, 2013    Review Article

205 Anthropometry of the Proximal Tibia of Patients With Knee Arthritis in Shanghai Journal of Arthroplasty, March 20, 2013    Review Article

206 The Clinical Utility of a Positive Antinuclear Antibody Test Result American Journal of Medicine, March 20, 2013    Clinical Article

207 The association between reduced knee joint proprioception and medial meniscal abnormalities using MRI in knee osteoarthritis: results from the Amsterdam osteoarthritis cohort Osteoarthritis and Cartilage , March 19, 2013    Clinical Article

208 Pigmented villonodular synovitis: a retrospective study of seventy five cases (eighty one joints) International Orthopaedics, March 19, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

209 Tocilizumab monotherapy versus adalimumab monotherapy for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (ADACTA): a randomised, double-blind, controlled phase 4 trial The Lancet, March 18, 2013    Clinical Article

210 Lumbar Scoliosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Epidemiological Research With a DXA Cohort Spine, March 18, 2013    Clinical Article

211 Disease-modifying drugs for knee osteoarthritis: can they be cost-effective Osteoarthritis and Cartilage , March 18, 2013    Clinical Article

212 Predictive Value of Autoantibody Testing for Validating Self-reported Diagnoses of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Womens Health Initiative American Journal of Epidemiology, March 18, 2013    Review Article

213 Bone mineralization is elevated and less heterogeneous in adults with type 2 diabetes and osteoarthritis compared to controls with osteoarthritis alone Bone, March 18, 2013    Review Article

214 A multifactorial interdisciplinary intervention reduces frailty in older people: randomized trial Full Text BMC Medicine, March 15, 2013    Clinical Article

215 Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents for anemia in rheumatoid arthritis Cochrane Reviews, March 15, 2013    Clinical Article

216 Ultrasound colour Doppler is associated with synovial pathology in biopsies from hand joints in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cross-sectional study Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, March 14, 2013    Clinical Article

217 The Colour of Pain: Can Patients Use Colour to Describe Osteoarthritis Pain Musculoskeletal Care, March 14, 2013    Clinical Article

218 Influence of weather on osteoarthritis of the hands Current Orthopaedic Practice , March 14, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Clinical Article

219 The Effectiveness of a Manual Therapy and Exercise Protocol in Patients With Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, March 14, 2013    Clinical Article

220 Comparison of minimally invasive fusion and instrumentation versus open surgery for severe stenotic spondylolisthesis with high-grade facet joint osteoarthritis European Spine Journal, March 14, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

1 Improvement in knee loading after use of specialized footwear for knee osteoarthritis: Results of a 6-month pilot investigation Arthritis & Rheumatism, April 11, 2013

2 New horizons in osteoarthritis Age and Aging, April 10, 2013    Review Article

3 The Effectiveness of a Manual Therapy and Exercise Protocol in Patients With Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, April 2, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

4 Rheumatoid arthritis in the elderly: recent advances in understanding the pathogenesis, risk factors, comorbidities and risk-benefit of treatments Aging Health, April 8, 2013    Review Article

5 Osteoarthritis guidelines: a progressive role for topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, April 4, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Guideline

6 Vitamin D supplementation in elderly or postmenopausal women: a 2013 update of the 2008 recommendations from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) Current Medical Research and Opinion, April 3, 2013

7 Arthrodesis of the Hip and Conversion to Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review Journal of Arthroplasty, March 29, 2013    Review Article

8 Rheumatoid arthritis severity: its underlying prognostic factors and how they can be combined to inform treatment decisions International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, April 12, 2013    Review Article

9 Osteoarthritis of the thumb carpometacarpal joint: Correlation of ultrasound appearances to disability and treatment response Clinical Radiology, April 15, 2013

10 Physical activity, alignment and knee osteoarthritis: data from MOST and the OAI Osteoarthritis and Cartilage , April 19, 2013

11 Relationship of bone mineral density to progression of knee osteoarthritis Arthritis & Rheumatism, April 1, 2013

12 Long-term outcome of trapeziectomy with ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition (LRTI) versus prosthesis arthroplasty for basal joint osteoarthritis of the thumb Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, April 18, 2013    Free full text

13 The ability of synovitis to predict structural damage in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparative study between clinical examination and ultrasound Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, April 12, 2013

14 Clinical trial for evaluating the effectiveness and tolerability of topical Sphaeralcea angustifolia treatment in hand osteoarthritis Journal of Ethnopharmacology , April 3, 2013

15 Radio-lunate arthrodesis in rheumatoid arthritis: outcome and techniques Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, April 11, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

16 Effect of bisphosphonate use in patients with symptomatic and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, April 23, 2013

17 The value of physical examination in the diagnosis of hip osteoarthritis Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, April 26, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

18 The Efficacy of Diacerein in Hand Osteoarthritis: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study Clinical Therapeutics, April 17, 2013

19 Acute Cartilage Loading Responses After an In Vivo Squat Exercise in Doubtful or Mild Knee Osteoarthritis: A Case-Control Study Physical Therapy, April 24, 2013

20 Intra-articular corticosteroid injection in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip: Factors predicting pain relief--A systematic review Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, February 1, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine