Osteoarthritis
Feature
‘Goodie bag’ pill mill doctor sentenced to 2 decades in prison
Regardless of the patients’ complaints, the internist gave them tote bags with prescription drugs, including muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories...
From the Journals
Intra-articular steroid/lidocaine injection improves hip arthritis pain, function
Over 6 months, mean improvement in hip pain intensity was greater in patients who received triamcinolone with lidocaine than in those who got best...
Conference Coverage
‘Where does it hurt?’: Primary care tips for common ortho problems
An accurate diagnosis of the underlying cause of discomfort is key to appropriate management of knee and shoulder pain.
Conference Coverage
Use of bone densitometry to grade hip OA could be boon to diagnosis, prognosis
A novel, semi-automated scoring system enables dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scans of the hip to be graded and provide useful clinical...
Conference Coverage
Wearable sensors deemed reliable for home gait assessment in knee OA
Remote use of wearable gait sensors appears reliable but yields results slightly different from those achieved in the laboratory, researchers from...
Conference Coverage
OARSI sets sights on classifying early-stage knee OA
“Early-stage knee OA classification criteria, we believe are critically required,” Gillian Hawker, MD, MSc, said at the OARSI 2022 World Congress...
News from the FDA/CDC
U.S. FDA warns of hidden drug ingredients in certain supplements products
The products are marketed to treat arthritis, muscle pain and other conditions and are sold online and in some retail stores with variations of...
Conference Coverage
Inadequate pain relief in OA, high opioid use before TKA
Rates of inadequate pain relief in knee and hip OA, and high opioid use before total knee replacement surgery were reported in separate studies at...
Conference Coverage
Weight gain may exacerbate structural damage in knee OA
Weight changes can have a significant effect on the structural progression of knee OA, according to new findings from Osteoarthritis Initiative...
Conference Coverage
High comorbidity rate seen before osteoarthritis diagnosis
More than 40 medical conditions were positively associated with having a new diagnosis of osteoarthritis in a large, nested case-control study.
From the Journals
Early meniscal surgery on par with active rehab in under 40s
Early meniscal surgery in people aged under 40 years was not better than an exercise and education program in the randomized controlled DREAM...