Osteoarthritis
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OA-related walking disability on par with diabetes as CVD risk factor
Key clinical point: A study confirming previous research suggests that a high level of walking disability in OA patients should be considered a...
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Intraoperative wound anesthetic cut chronic pain after hip replacement
Major finding: Severe pain at 12 months was reduced from 8.6% with standard care to 1.4% with the addition of local anesthetic wound infiltration...
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PCPs waffle in referrals for total joint replacement
Major finding: Lack of clarity about indications thwarted 44.3% of primary care physicians from referring patients for arthroplasty. Data source:...
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Men have more major complications after hip, knee replacement
Major finding: Men had more acute MIs within 90 days after total knee arthroplasty than did women (1.1% vs. 0.8%), more infection within 2 years...
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Sprifermin injections showed some benefits for cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis
Major Finding: At 12 months, patients who received intra-articular injections of 100 micrograms sprifermin had significantly less total and...
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Milk may slow knee OA progression in women
Major finding: Beginning at the relatively low "dose" of 7 or fewer glasses of milk per week, every increase of 10 glasses per week was associated...
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Glucosamine no better than placebo for knee osteoarthritis
Major finding: There was worsening cartilage damage in at least one knee subregion in 7.7% of glucosamine-treated knees and 10.7% of placebo-...
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Colchicine: Old drug with a new trick
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Hyaluronic acid injection for knee OA as effective as NSAIDs in short term
Major finding: The mean JKOM score declined 32.2% (from 32.0 to 22.0) with NSAID treatment and 34.7% (from 33.8 to 21.5) with IA-HA.Data source: A...
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New knee osteoarthritis guidelines differ slightly from some previous recommendations
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Bracing lessened patellofemoral pain in OA
Major finding: Patients who wore a patellofemoral brace over the course of 6 weeks had a significant reduction in patellofemoral pain as measured...