Osteoarthritis

Long-term results showed computer-assisted surgery used in 1,048 patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty was associated with average alignment of 1.52° varus and Kaplan-Meier survivorship of 98.34%, a presenter said.

Bone voids, or bone marrow lesions, and other bone defects of the skeletal system are typically non-traumatic, slow-healing injuries that occur below the surface of the bone on weight-bearing joints.

A 68-year-old amateur weightlifter presented with a history of chronic left shoulder pain. He said the pain was constant, worsened over time and with activity, occurred at night and was associated with popping, clicking and weakness.

Erosive hand osteoarthritis tends to target older adults and women with preexisting OA, and is associated with severe articular structural damage and radiographic progression, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Once-daily atorvastatin 40 mg fails to significantly reduce cartilage loss over 2 years in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, compared with placebo, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Findings from the Live Yes! INSIGHTS survey from the Arthritis Foundation showed that out of some 40,000 patient responses, 100% reported experiencing some kind of pain within the last 7 days.

Patients who received automated text messages that encouraged exercise adherence reported improvements in their knee osteoarthritis pain at 24 weeks, according to results from randomized clinical trial.

A speaker at the 2021 OARSI World Congress said that synovial mesenchymal stem cell injections can suppress cartilage loss in patients with progressive osteoarthritis. It was the top story in rheumatology last week.

Lower education is associated with higher all-cause and cause-specific mortality, as well as a greater burden of cardiovascular diseases, in patients with osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

The COVID-19 pandemic served to drive the creation and uptake of novel online osteoarthritis management programs, according to a speaker at the 2021 OARSI World Congress virtual meeting.