Osteoarthritis

Patients with fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis are at an increased risk for self-harm, compared with those without these diseases, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Loss of cartilage thickness is associated with only a modest increase in knee osteoarthritis pain, an effect mediated in part by worsening synovitis, according to findings published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Physicians across five countries in Europe reported decreasing satisfaction with treatment for their patients with osteoarthritis, as well as increasing disease severity despite the rising use of opioids, according to findings presented at EULAR 2020.

A EULAR task force has published the first evidence-based recommendations to guide clinicians administering intra-articular injections in patients with arthropathies, according to data presented at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress.

A novel predictive model appeared to identify patients who may progress into persistent high-dose opioid use and dependence following total knee replacement, according to data presented at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress.

Physically active older patients with medial ankle osteoarthritis may have good outcomes after distal tibial osteotomy with joint distraction, according to published results.

Patients who received human growth hormone before and after ACL reconstruction had improved quadriceps strength and a reduced risk of osteoarthritis, according to study results.

Losing weight from young adulthood into midlife is associated with a substantially reduced risk for arthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Patients who underwent hip arthroscopy for osteoarthritis had a high conversion rate to total hip arthroplasty, as well as an increased risk of revision within 2 years, according to results.

There were more than 300 million cases of hip and knee osteoarthritis reported worldwide in 2017, with figures expected to rise even further in the future, particularly among women, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.