Osteoporosis News
| Aug 24, 2010 – SOURCE: Osteoporosis International | |||
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Development and validation of a disease model for postmenopausal osteoporosis | |
| This article describes the development of a model for postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) based on Swedish data that is easily adaptable to other countries. INTRODUCTION: The aims of the study were to develop and validate a model to describe the current/fut | |||
| Aug 24, 2010 – SOURCE: Osteoporosis International | |||
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Bisphosphonate use and risk of post-operative fracture among patients undergoing a total knee replacement for knee osteoarthritis: a propensity score analysis | |
| We have shown that patients with osteoarthritis are at increased risk of fracture after total knee replacement (TKR). We conducted a population-based cohort study to assess the effect of bisphosphonate use on their post-surgery fracture risk. Cox regressi | |||
| Aug 24, 2010 – SOURCE: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | |||
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Anatomical distribution of synovitis in knee osteoarthritis and its association with joint effusion assessed on non-enhanced and contrast-enhanced MRI | |
| PURPOSE: To describe the anatomical distribution of synovitis and its association with joint effusion on non-enhanced and contrast-enhanced (CE) MRI in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: Baseline MRI was performed at 1.5T using axial proton | |||
| Aug 24, 2010 – SOURCE: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | |||
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Association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in HLA class II/III region with knee osteoarthritis | |
| OBJECTIVE: A genome-wide association study and a replication using Japanese, Spanish and Greek Caucasian populations have recently indicated two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs7775228 and rs10947262) associated with knee OA susceptibility. We h | |||
| Aug 24, 2010 – SOURCE: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | |||
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Reference Values and Z-scores for Subregional Femorotibial Cartilage Thickness - Results from a Large Population-Based Sample (Framingham) and Comparison with the Non-Exposed Osteoarthritis Initiative Reference Cohort | |
| OBJECTIVE: To establish sex-specific (subregional) reference values of cartilage thickness and potential maximal Z-scores in the femorotibial joint. METHODS: The mean cartilage thickness in femorotibial compartments, plates and subregions was determined o | |||
| Aug 23, 2010 – SOURCE: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management | |||
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The Psychometric Qualities of Four Observational Pain Tools (OPTs) for the Assessment of Pain in Elderly People with Osteoarthritic Pain | |
| CONTEXT: Pain in cognitively impaired elderly people (CIEP) often goes unrecognized. Observational pain tools (OPTs) have been designed, but with limited evidence to support their psychometric qualities. OBJECTIVES: This study compared four OPTs (the Pain | |||
| Aug 23, 2010 – SOURCE: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume | |||
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A postfracture initiative to improve osteoporosis management in a community hospital in ontario | |
| BACKGROUND: Screening programs to manage osteoporosis in fracture clinic environments have had varying success in terms of increasing rates of investigation and initiation of treatment for the disease. METHODS: We determined rates of postfracture investig | |||
| Aug 23, 2010 – SOURCE: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | |||
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Case Report: A Technique to Remove a Jammed Locking Screw from a Locking Plate | |
| BACKGROUND: Locking titanium plates revolutionized the treatment of osteoporotic and metaphyseal fractures of long bones. However as with any innovation, with time new complications are identified. One of the problems with titanium locking plates is remov | |||
| Aug 23, 2010 – SOURCE: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | |||
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A treatment applying a biomechanical device to the feet of patients with knee osteoarthritis results in reduced pain and improved function: a prospective controlled study | |
| ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: This study examined the effect of treatment with a novel biomechanical device on the level of pain and function in patients with knee OA. METHODS: Patients with bilateral knee OA were enrolled to active and control groups. Patients w | |||
| Aug 23, 2010 – SOURCE: RoFo. Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der neuen bildgebenden Verfahren | |||
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Cartilage Quality in Finger Joints: Delayed Gd(DTPA)2- Enhanced MRI of the Cartilage (dGEMRIC) at 3T | |
| PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility of molecular cartilage MRI in finger joints. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Delayed Gd(DTPA)2-enhanced MRI of the cartilage (dGEMRIC) using a variable flip angle approach (VFA) was performed for the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) j | |||
