Osteoarthritis and Bone Disorders News

Patients with type 2 diabetes who undergo metformin therapy demonstrate a 24% lower risk for osteoarthritis, compared with those who received sulfonylurea, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

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.

Antiresorptive medications such as oral bisphosphonates have a minimal effect on change in lumbar spine trabecular bone score among older adults, according to a study published in The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

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.

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.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — SAPHO is complex, but knowing its potential manifestations can help clinicians identify and help patients, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician meeting.

When it comes to patients with osteoarthritis adopting, much less maintaining, an exercise regimen to improve their condition, most rheumatologists have just one thought: “Easier said than done.”