Osteoarthritis and Bone Disorders News

Physicians often weigh the uncertain efficacy of injectable drugs, and patients’ expectations, before offering intra-articular injections for osteoarthritis, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Use of corticosteroid injections did not exacerbate radiographic progression of knee osteoarthritis or accelerate total knee replacement compared with hyaluronic acid, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2020.

Among patients using long-term glucocorticoids, denosumab is superior to alendronate in increasing bone mineral density in the spine after 1 year, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2020.

Patients with primary knee osteoarthritis who received at least 3 months of oral methotrexate demonstrated significant improvement in physical function and inflammation vs. patients who received glucosamine, noted a presenter at ACR 2020.

An international team of researchers has identified key clinical features of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis to help develop vital classification criteria.

Less than 3% of older men who had experienced an osteoporosis-related fracture had been properly diagnosed and treated, according to findings presented at ACR Convergence 2020.

Treatment with warfarin is associated with a significantly greater risk for hip or knee replacement compared with direct oral anticoagulants, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence.

Romosozumab as a first treatment produces ‘substantial gains’ in hip and lumbar spine bone mineral density within 1 year, a result that is augmented by then transitioning to a potent antiresorptive, according to a study.

At least 65% of rheumatologists at Veterans Affairs facilities view telemedicine as appropriate for established patients with gout, stable rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, stable spondyloarthritis and other diseases, researchers noted.

The percentage of adult arthritis visits to office-based physicians increased significantly during 2006-2015, with the percentage of visits where opioids were prescribed also increasing during that time, according to data.