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Bone Marrow Lesions are Associated with Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis News Summary from Johns Hopkins Arthritis
Bone Marrow Lesions are Associated with Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis In a cross-sectional observational study, Felson, et al (Ann Intern Med 134:541, 2001) evaluated 401 persons with knee osteoarthritis to…
Largest Ever Study of Osteoarthritis of the Knee is Seeking Volunteers
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and University of Maryland School of Medicine are recruiting patients for the largest multi-center study ever conducted on osteoarthritis of the…
Osteoarthritis: Pathophysiology
…LS et al. Cartilage matrix metabolism in osteoarthritis: markers in synovial fluid, serum, and urine. Clin Biochem 25:167-1674,1992. Hollander AP et al. Increased damage to type II collagen in osteoarthritic…
Does an imbalance of mechanical forces across the knee promote osteoarthritis?
Does an imbalance of mechanical forces across the knee promote osteoarthritis? Summary written by Jon Giles, M.D. Shakoor et al (Arthritis Rheum 46(3):185, 2002) recently reported that end-stage knee osteoarthritis…