Osteoarthritis and Bone Disorders News

In patients with knee osteoarthritis, mud-bath therapy appears to be cost-effective as a temporary, midterm complementary treatment, according to recent findings.

Among symptomatic patients who were at least 50 years old, investigators found isolated lateral patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis was more common than isolated medial patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis and was more often linked with osteoarthritis risk factors.

MADRID — A 10-year investigation of knee pain in osteoarthritis revealed three general pain subgroups, suggesting the individualized process of pain may be categorized, according to findings presented at the EULAR Annual Congress.

MADRID — Assessment of synovial parameters of inflammation failed to reveal associations with knee pain or fatigue in patients with osteoarthritis, according to findings presented at the EULAR Annual Congress.

MADRID — Patients on anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy had less erosion progression and deterioration of bone microarchitecture within the first 3 months of treatment compared with patients treated with methotrexate alone, according to a presentation at the EULAR Annual Congress.

MADRID — Treatment with a novel sclerostin inhibitor, romosozumab, was associated with a reduced rate of vertebral fractures at 12 months compared with placebo in a cohort of post-menopausal women with osteoporosis, according to findings presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology.

The FDA has granted fast track designation for Pfizer and Eli Lilly’s tanezumab for the treatment of chronic pain in patients with osteoarthritis and for chronic low back pain, according to a company press release.

Healio Rheumatology has compiled a list of the top five stories on our site about osteoarthritis.

The American College of Rheumatology has released an updated guideline for the treatment of patients with glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, according to a press release.

Subjective knee crepitus — defined as knee grating, cracking or popping noises in or around the joint — was linked with symptomatic osteoarthritis, according to a recently published analysis.