Arthritis News

Solutions for halting osteoarthritis progression and avoiding need for joint replacement remain elusive, but new therapy options, including a novel injection, made headlines in 2022.

Healio highlights the monthly Cover Stories of Orthopedics Today that were published in 2022.

Healio highlights the most impactful research, news and advancements in orthopedics from the year.

Bone size and trabecular disorganization appear to increase with osteophyte formation and joint space narrowing, while volumetric bone mineral density decreases, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Compared with online education alone, unsupervised online yoga courses can provide short-term benefits to physical function, but not knee pain, in osteoarthritis, according to data published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Results showed patients who received corticosteroid injections had increased medial joint space narrowing and progression of knee osteoarthritis compared with patients who received hyaluronic acid injections.

Repeat injections of the Wnt pathway inhibitor lorecivivint appears to have slowed the decline of medial joint space width in knee osteoarthritis, according to interim results from a long-term extension trial released by Biosplice.

Results presented at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting showed corticosteroid injections may be associated with progression of knee osteoarthritis as assessed semi-quantitatively by whole-organ MRI scores.

Total hip arthroplasty for patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip may yield promising results; however, careful planning and surgical techniques are required to improve survivorship and reduce complications, a speaker said.

Total ankle replacement and ankle fusion for patients with end-stage ankle osteoarthritis had similar clinical outcome scores at 52 weeks after surgery, according to published results.