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Black, Latina women with knee OA desire timelier information on therapy options
Latina and African American women with knee osteoarthritis want their primary care physicians to provide more information regarding treatment options, while providers who treat...
5 days ago - Healio
Fall Risk and Utilization of Balance Training for Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Secondary Analysis From a Randomized Clinical Trial
Background and Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis is a common disease that hinders activity participation in older adults. Associated symptoms and physiological changes can increase...
7 days ago - LWW - 4 articles
Foot, ankle OA remain ‘neglected' without prevalence estimates
TORONTO - Foot and ankle osteoarthritis have often gone overlooked as areas of clinical study and lacking clinical consensus on prevalence, according to Michelle Marshall, PhD...
10 days ago - Healio
Statins lowered joint replacement risk in RA, not OA
TORONTO - Statin use was associated with a reduced risk of knee or hip replacement in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis but not osteoarthritis, according to findings of a...
10 days ago - Healio
Little improvement seen in OA therapeutics
TORONTO - Philip Conaghan, MD, professor of musculoskeletal medicine at the University of Leeds, England, said that while paradigms have changed and new therapies are emerging...
11 days ago - Healio
Targeted questions may aid GPs in diagnosing hip OA
TORONTO - Asking patients about difficulty with activities like walking, shopping, or removing socks may aid general practitioners in making earlier diagnoses of hip...
11 days ago - Healio
Targeted questions may aid GPs in diagnosing hip OA
TORONTO - Asking patients about difficulty with activities like walking, shopping, or removing socks may aid general practitioners in making earlier diagnoses of hip...
12 days ago - Healio
Little improvement seen in OA therapeutics
TORONTO - Philip Conaghan, MD, professor of musculoskeletal medicine at the University of Leeds, England, said that while paradigms have changed and new therapies are emerging...
14 days ago - Healio
Statins lowered joint replacement risk in RA, not OA
TORONTO - Statin use was associated with a reduced risk of knee or hip replacement in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis but not osteoarthritis, according to findings of a...
15 days ago - Healio
Foot, ankle OA remain ‘neglected' without prevalence estimates
TORONTO - Foot and ankle osteoarthritis have often gone overlooked as areas of clinical study and lacking clinical consensus on prevalence, according to Michelle Marshall, PhD...
15 days ago - Healio
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