Antidepressants have small benefit for pain, function in OA
Nov 29, 2022
However, total adverse events occur more often in patients receiving antidepressants versus placebo.
New inflammatory arthritis diagnoses down early in pandemic
Nov 09, 2022
A 20.3% drop was seen in new diagnoses in year commencing April 2020; the median time to first rheumatology assessment decreased.
Delivery methods compared for osteoarthritis intervention
Nov 08, 2022
Pain reduction was seen for in-person or digital delivery of education and exercise instruction for hip and knee osteoarthritis.
One in four rheumatoid arthritis patients has osteoporosis
Oct 21, 2022
The review revealed prevalence declining in more recent years, but it remains high.
Unsupervised yoga improves short-term function in knee OA
Sep 19, 2022
But unsupervised yoga plus online education did not reduce knee pain during walking compared with online education alone.
Losing weight tied to better knee osteoarthritis outcomes
Sep 12, 2022
A change in body mass index is associated with both onset and progression of the structural defects of knee osteoarthritis.
Older adults more likely to have multiple ailments compared with prior generations
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Amy Novotney
Jun 14, 2022
Later-born generations of older adults in the United States are more likely to have a greater number of chronic health conditions than the generations that preceded them, according to a study conducted...
Walking for exercise beneficial for knee osteoarthritis in over 50s
Jun 08, 2022
Those who walked for exercise had a reduced likelihood of new frequent knee pain and medial joint space narrowing.
Polygenic risk score for OA predicts risk for hip, knee replacement
May 04, 2022
Participants with high PRS’s had an increased risk for joint replacement; a stronger association was seen with hip replacement for women versus men.
Factors linked to excess disability ID’d in rheumatoid arthritis
Mar 17, 2022
Higher pain, fatigue and depressive symptoms were linked to increased odds of being in a high disability trajectory, irrespective of inflammation.