Osteoarthritis
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Occupational therapy program helps thumb OA
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Liposomal steroid brings durable pain relief in knee OA
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What’s up in the osteoarthritis drug pipeline
TORONTO – “I think we’ve got some things coming up that look promising.” – Dr. Philip G. Conaghan
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How common is accelerated knee OA?
TORONTO – More than one in seven women who developed knee OA in a large prospective population-based U.K. study had the more severe accelerated...
From the Journals
Osteoporosis, osteoarthritis risk high among cerebral palsy patients
This is the first study to compare these risks using a relatively large cohort of adults with and without cerebral palsy.
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Tanezumab improves osteoarthritis pain, function in phase 3 trial
MADRID – Trial showed strong differences in response to active treatment versus placebo despite being tested in “a difficult-to-treat population...
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Foot OA: Forgotten no longer
TORONTO – New insights into a common but neglected form of osteoarthritis.
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Weight loss in knee OA patients sustained with liraglutide over 1 year
MADRID – After an intensive weight-loss program, liraglutide not only sustained but further improved weight loss.
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Patient selection important for osteoarthritis structural and symptom endpoints
MADRID – Dr. Philip G. Conaghan discusses the difficulties in reconciling structural and symptomatic endpoints in osteoarthritis trials.
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Swedish OA self-management program earns high marks
TORONTO – Exercise-oriented program resulted in clinically meaningful pain reduction at 12 months.
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OA is underrepresented in the medical literature
TORONTO – “There are easily 10 times more people who have osteoarthritis than any other joint disease, but when you look at the literature, the...