Northern Clinical School: Recent submissions
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Imaging Biomarker Validation and Qualification Report: 6th OARSI Workshop on Imaging in Osteoarthritis Combined with 3rd OA Biomarkers Workshop.
Published 2013-07-01Summary The sixth Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) Workshop on Imaging in Osteoarthritis combined with the third osteoarthritis (OA) Biomarkers Workshop is the first to bring together the imaging and ...Open AccessArticle -
Management of osteoarthritis of the knee
Published 2012-07-30Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease; management should be patient centred and coordinated, with attention to modifiable risk factors and comorbidities Focus on conservative non-drug treatment, particularly exercise; for ...Open AccessArticle -
Osteoarthritis Preface
Published 2013-02-01Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of disability among older adults. It is an incredibly prevalent condition affecting upward of 1 in 8 adults. Societal trends in aging, obesity, and increasing joint injury will lead ...Open AccessArticle -
Imaging of Osteoarthritis
Published 2013-02-01Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent joint disorder in the elderly, and there is no effective treatment. Imaging is essential for evaluating the synovial joint structures (including cartilage, meniscus, subchondral ...Open AccessArticle -
Disease-modifying drugs for knee osteoarthritis: can they be cost-effective?
Published 2013-05-01OBJECTIVE: 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: ...Open AccessArticle