Osteoarthritis and Bone Disorders News

Radiofrequency ablation and transcatheter arterial embolization — both minimally invasive procedures — can improve pain and function in patients with osteoarthritis or chronic sacroiliac pain of degenerative origin, according to data.

Strictly controlling inflammation can heal bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis, a process accompanied by changes in the Wnt signaling pathway, according to a presenter at the 2024 Association of Women in Rheumatology conference.

A multidisciplinary care model can reduce the risk for subsequent fractures among adults hospitalized for a hip fracture, according to findings published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

New EULAR classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis — including age, morning stiffness duration, radiographic osteophytes and radiographic joint space narrowing — feature separate criteria for thumb base and interphalangeal OA.

Rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia are among the most common comorbidities identified in patients following a diagnosis of osteoarthritis, according to data presented at the EULAR 2024 Congress.

The ability to view laboratory results, track symptoms and sharing them with a provider were rated as the most useful potential app functions by patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, according to data.

Older adults with arthritis demonstrate poorer nutritional risk scores, and increased risks for poor nutrition, whether they have functional impairment or not, vs. those without arthritis, according to data published in Scientific Reports.

Self-administered acupressure, combined with a short education program, was a cost-effective method of pain relief that boosted mobility in adults with probable knee osteoarthritis, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

BOSTON — The percentage of women with osteoporosis who also had diabetes increased from 2009-2010 to 2017-2018, despite a decline in overall diabetes rates for women aged 50 years and older, according to data presented at ENDO 2024.