• Acute low back pain is marked by variability: An internet-based pilot study 

      Suri, Pradeep; Rainville, James; Fitzmaurice, Garrett M; Katz, Jeffrey N.; Jamison, Robert N; Martha, Julia; Hartigan, Carol; Limke, Janet; Jouve, Cristin; Hunter, David J.
      Published 2011-10-05
      BACKGROUND: Pain variability in acute LBP has received limited study. The objectives of this pilot study were to characterize fluctuations in pain during acute LBP, to determine whether self-reported 'flares' of pain ...
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    • Disease-modifying drugs for knee osteoarthritis: can they be cost-effective? 

      Losina, Elena; Daigle, Meghan E.; Reichmann, William M.; Suter, Lisa G.; Hunter, David J.; Solomon, Daniel H.; Walensky, Rochelle P.; Jordan, Joanne M.; Burbine, Sara A.; Patiel, A. Daniel; Katz, Jeffrey N.
      Published 2013-05-01
      OBJECTIVE: Disease-modifying osteoarthritis drugs (DMOADs) are under development. Our goal was to determine efficacy, toxicity, and cost thresholds under which DMOADs would be a cost-effective knee OA treatment. DESIGN: ...
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    • Does lumbar spinal degeneration begin with the anterior structures? A study of the observed epidemiology in a community-based population 

      Suri, Pradeep; Miyakoshi, Asako; Hunter, David J.; Jarvik, Jeffrey G; Rainville, James; Guermazi, Ali; Li, Ling; Katz, Jeffrey N.
      Published 2011-09-13
      Background- Prior studies that have concluded that disk degeneration uniformly precedes facet degeneration have been based on convenience samples of individuals with low back pain. We conducted a study to examine whether ...
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    • Lifetime risk and age of diagnosis of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in the US 

      Losina, Elena; Weinstein, Alexander M.; Reichmann, William M.; Burbine, Sara A.; Solomon, Daniel H.; Daigle, Meghan E.; Rome, Benjamin N.; Chen, Stephanie P.; Hunter, David J.; Suter, Lisa G.; Jordan, Joanne M.; Katz, Jeffrey N.
      Published 2013-05-01
      OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence and lifetime risk of diagnosed symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) and the age at diagnosis of knee OA based on self-reports in the US population. METHODS: We estimated the incidence ...
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    • The MeTeOR Trial (Meniscal Tear in Osteoarthritis Research): Rationale and design features 

      Katz, Jeffrey N.; Chaisson, Christine E; Cole, Brian; Guermazi, Ali; Hunter, David J.; Jones, Morgan; Levy, Bruce A; Mandi, Lisa A; Martin, Scott; Marx, Robert G; Safran-Norton, Clare; Roemer, Frank W.; Skoniecki, Debra; Solomon, Daniel H.; Spindler, Kurt P.; Wright, John; Wright, Rick W; Losina, Elena
      Published 2012-11-01
      This paper presents the rationale and design features of the MeTeOR Trial (Meniscal Tear in Osteoarthritis Research; Clinical Trials.gov NCT00597012). MeTeOR is an NIH-funded seven-center prospective randomized controlled ...
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    • Presence and Extent of Severe Facet Joint Osteoarthritis Are Associated with Back Pain in Older Adults 

      Suri, Pradeep; Hunter, David J.; Rainville, James; Guermazi, Ali; Katz, Jeffrey N.
      Published 2013-09-01
      Objective To determine whether the presence and extent of severe lumbar facet joint osteoarthritis (OA) are associated with back pain in older adults, accounting for disc height narrowing and other covariates. Design ...
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    • Quantitative Assessment of Abdominal Aortic Calcification and Disk Height Loss: The Framingham Study 

      Suri, Pradeep; Hunter, David J.; Rainville, James; Guermazi, Ali; Katz, Jeffrey N.
      Published 2012-04-01
      Abstract Background context Vascular disease has been proposed as a risk factor for disc height loss (DHL). Purpose To examine the relationship between quantitative measures of abdominal aortic calcifications (AACs) ...
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