Osteoarthritis and Bone Disorders News

Chromosomal, hormonal and structural differences between the bodies of girls and boys may explain why osteoarthritis incidence is elevated in women vs. men later in life, according to a review published in Osteoarthritis & Cartilage.

A novel, automated machine learning tool reliably diagnosed rapidly progressing knee osteoarthritis in younger patients, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Knee osteoarthritis pain responds best to exercise combined with a non-exercise intervention, such as diet, while hip osteoarthritis moderately benefits from non-exercise interventions vs. resistance exercise, according to data.

SAN DIEGO — Although most osteoarthritis experts agree that diet and exercise are critical to disease management, detailed guidance on either remain lacking, according to a presenter at the 2024 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

Oral methotrexate in combination with usual analgesics significantly reduced knee osteoarthritis pain and stiffness, and improved function, vs. placebo, according to data published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Rates of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures have fallen significantly among patients with rheumatoid arthritis over the past 24 years, according to a single-center study published in RMD Open.

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.