Arthritis News

Moderate-distance runners and non-runners alike demonstrate similar rates of radiographic knee osteoarthritis, according to systematic review data published in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine.

The prevalence of psychological comorbidities among patients with coxarthrosis increased by 37.8% — and by 17.9% for those with gonarthrosis — between 2009 and 2019, according to German data published in Scientific Reports.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis demonstrated increased cartilage degradation and tissue turnover after a 3-month exercise-related joint loading training program, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

For more than a decade, the medical community as a whole, and particularly the field of rheumatology, has been trying to move away from opioids for the management of chronic pain — with varying degrees of success.

Integrative medicine approaches such as tai chi and yoga, which have long been used in rheumatology in a secondary or supplementary role, are increasingly being viewed as essential care.

LAS VEGAS — Results presented here showed the role of the surgeon may have a greater effect on revision rates after total knee arthroplasty than the choice of the prosthesis.

Patients with knees that demonstrate meniscal extrusion are more likely to develop osteoarthritis over the long term, according to data published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism.

Patients indicated for hip or knee arthroplasty who have moderate to severe osteoarthritis and have not responded to nonsurgical therapies should proceed to surgery without delay, according to new recommendations.

LAS VEGAS — Results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting showed patellofemoral arthroplasty carried higher 2-year revision and wound complication rates than total knee arthroplasty.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Mind-body therapy may play a key role in achieving more positive outcomes for patients with long COVID, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.