Osteoarthritis and Bone Disorders News

Athletes who underwent jump training after ACL reconstruction reduced some risk factors for secondary injury and osteoarthritis, while making lasting improvements in physical function measures and mechanical and neuromuscular coordination deficits, according to results published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

A 60-year-old man presents with worsening chronic right knee pain.

Johns Hopkins Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Survey as the top-ranked hospital in the country for rheumatology for the 2018 to 2019 year.

Medial knee load is strongly associated with increased knee pain experienced during walking, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research.

More than one-third of indigenous people in Latin America have a musculoskeletal disorder, and the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in these communities — particularly the Qom in Argentina — is among the highest reported in the world, according to findings published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Physical activity should be an integral part of standard care in the treatment of inflammatory arthritis and knee and hip osteoarthritis, and all health care providers should take responsibility for promoting its use, according to recommendations released by EULAR.

Pfizer Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company announced that a 16-week phase 3 study showed patients with osteoarthritis who received two doses of tanezumab, an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody, separated by 8 weeks had a statistically significant improvement in pain, physical function and the patients’ overall assessment of their OA.

BARCELONA, Spain — Use of hyaluronic acid as conservative treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis had a potential cost savings of $1.5 billion, according to results presented here.

In early May, the FDA filed two federal complaints seeking to permanently ban two stem cell clinics from marketing stem cell products without regulatory approval, accusing these clinics of disregarding “the law, and more importantly, patient safety.”

Your patient has returned to your clinic 1 month after right knee intra-articular corticosteroid injection for an acute flare of his osteoarthritis.