Osteoarthritis and Bone Disorders News

Higher disability scores are a potential predictor of fracture risk among patients with systemic sclerosis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Women who report higher levels of alcohol consumption are more likely to undergo a total joint replacement due to osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Strategies encouraging physical activity that are based on lifestyle, demographic, socioeconomic and disease-related factors are “unlikely” to improve exercise adherence among patients with osteoarthritis, according to data.

A “substantial portion” of patients with hip osteoarthritis say their disease interferes with their sexual activity, with depression among the leading factors, according to data published in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.

As a seemingly ever-increasing body of data support physical activity in patients with osteoarthritis, a growing discussion is addressing the distinction between pain and harm, and how the two are experienced by those with the disease.

Patients treated with levothroxine are more likely to experience a reduction in quadricep muscle mass, which may increase the risk for knee osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis who experience sleep disturbances are more likely to experience catastrophizing and worsened knee pain, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

CHICAGO — An oral robotic pill may provide an alternative delivery method to subcutaneous injection for teriparatide and other biologics, according to a speaker at ENDO 2023.

Morning stiffness lasting longer than 60 minutes is frequent in patients with hand osteoarthritis, and is linked to greater pain, lower function and decreased quality of life, according to data published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.

EULAR has initiated a survey that will collect data directly from patients on the impact and outcomes of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, according to a statement released during the EULAR 2023 Congress.