Novel OA Therapies
An update on the up and coming therapies to treat Osteoarthritis, a multifaceted disease INTRODUCTION The lack of a complete understanding of the complex processes involved in the etiopathogenesis and…
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An update on the up and coming therapies to treat Osteoarthritis, a multifaceted disease INTRODUCTION The lack of a complete understanding of the complex processes involved in the etiopathogenesis and…
Effect of Low-dose Oral Prednisolone on Symptoms and Systemic Inflammation in Older Adults with Moderate to Severe Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial J Rheumatol. 2014 Jan;41(1):53-9. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.130199. Epub…
Placebo bests chondroitin, glucosamine combo for knee osteoarthritis Combination therapy involving chondroitin sulfate… rheumatologynews.com|By DEEPAK CHITNIS Glucosamine and Chondroitin combination was no better than placebo for pain reduction in OA…
MRI-detected subchondral bone marrow signal alterations of the knee joint: terminology, imaging appearance, relevance and radiological differential diagnosis www.sciencedirect.com MRI is arguably the most important investigative tool in knee…
2016 Patellofemoral pain consensus statement from the 4th International Patellofemoral Pain Research Retreat, Manchester. Part 1: Terminology, definitions, clinical examination, natural history, patellofemoral osteoarthritis and patient-reported outcome measures.com m.bjsm.bmj.com 2016…
Will 'Unloading' Shoes Help Your Arthritic Knees? Study puts specially designed footwear to the test consumer.healthday.com "Unloading" shoes like the overpriced "Gel Melbourne OA" shoes don't work any better than…
Meniscal Tears May Not Need Surgery A study published in the British Medical Journal examines whether knee surgery or conservative medical management benefits those with degenerative meniscal… rheumnow.com For degenerative…
Closest Thing to a Wonder Drug? Try Exercise If the effects of exercise could be put in a pill and prescribed, it would be rightly hailed as an almost miraculous…
Sarcoidosis: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that predominantly affects the lungs and intrathoracic lymph nodes. Sarcoidosis is… emedicine.medscape.com Sarcoidosis www.docguide.com Sarcoidosis Update…
Fibromyalgia: All you want to, need to, ought to know Fibromyalgia is currently understood to be a disorder of central pain processing or a syndrome of central sensitivity. Clauw describes…