Arthritis News

Women who report higher levels of alcohol consumption are more likely to undergo a total joint replacement due to osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Strategies encouraging physical activity that are based on lifestyle, demographic, socioeconomic and disease-related factors are “unlikely” to improve exercise adherence among patients with osteoarthritis, according to data.

A “substantial portion” of patients with hip osteoarthritis say their disease interferes with their sexual activity, with depression among the leading factors, according to data published in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.

In honor of Scoliosis Awareness Month, Healio revisits the latest news and research on interventions and comprehensive care for individuals living with scoliosis.

As a seemingly ever-increasing body of data support physical activity in patients with osteoarthritis, a growing discussion is addressing the distinction between pain and harm, and how the two are experienced by those with the disease.

Although total knee arthroplasty has been commonly performed with cemented fixation, research has shown an increase in cementless fixation during the years.

Patients treated with levothroxine are more likely to experience a reduction in quadricep muscle mass, which may increase the risk for knee osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis who experience sleep disturbances are more likely to experience catastrophizing and worsened knee pain, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

For patients with subchondral insufficiency fractures of the knee and medial knee osteoarthritis, an implantable shock absorber was associated with avoidance of conversion to total knee arthroplasty at a minimum 2-year follow-up.

Morning stiffness lasting longer than 60 minutes is frequent in patients with hand osteoarthritis, and is linked to greater pain, lower function and decreased quality of life, according to data published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.