Osteoarthritis

WASHINGTON — Patients treated with a novel neurotrophin-3 inhibitor demonstrated significant reductions in osteoarthritis knee pain across all dosing levels, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

WASHINGTON — Lorecivivint is superior to placebo for improving pain, function and structure at 12 months and beyond in patients with knee osteoarthritis, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

Weight loss from weekly semaglutide injections accompanied significant reductions in pain related to knee osteoarthritis, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Obesity is more than just a number on a scale; it is a complex, chronic disease characterized by an excess of body fat that negatively impacts various aspects of health.

Results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting showed total wrist arthroplasty may supplant total wrist fusion as the gold standard treatment for older patients with OA.

Current MRI-based definitions of knee osteoarthritis fail to sufficiently pinpoint knees that will later develop radiographic disease visible on X-ray, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

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.

Ethan Craig, MD, spoke with Healio about diagnostic challenges in psoriatic arthritis.

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.