Osteoarthritis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Osteoarthritis, including details on treatment, symptoms, causes, medication.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 4 (April)

1. Osteoarthritis - an untreatable disease?
   Nat Rev Drug Discov, 4(4): 331-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The effect of humeral component anteversion on shoulder stability with glenoid component retroversion.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 87(4): 808-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Total hip replacement with the CLS expansion shell and a structural femoral head autograft for patients with congenital hip disease.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 87(4): 801-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. An association between functional second metatarsal length and midfoot arthrosis.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 87(4): 795-800. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. A minimal-incision technique in total hip arthroplasty does not improve early postoperative outcomes. A prospective, randomized, controlled trial.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 87(4): 701-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Transcriptional regulation of chondrocyte maturation: potential involvement of transcription factors in OA pathogenesis.
   Mol Aspects Med, 26(3): 169-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Long-term tolerability of tramadol LP, a new once-daily formulation, in patients with osteoarthritis or low back pain.
   J Clin Pharm Ther, 30(2): 113-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. The role of pre-operative templating in primary total knee replacement.
   Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 13(3): 187-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Intra-articular hyaluronic acid for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: systematic review and meta-analysis.
   CMAJ, 172(8): 1039-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Recent advances in the genetic investigation of osteoarthritis.
    Trends Mol Med, 11(4): 186-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. A hypothesis matrix for studying biomechanical factors associated with the initiation and progression of posttraumatic osteoarthritis.
    Med Hypotheses, 64(6): 1157-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. The influence of mechanical properties of subchondral plate, femoral head and neck on dynamic stress distribution of the articular cartilage.
    Med Eng Phys, 27(4): 295-304. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Effects of hyaluronan on three-dimensional microarchitecture of subchondral bone tissues in guinea pig primary osteoarthrosis.
    Bone, 36(3): 489-501. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Clinical and functional comparison of uni- and bicondylar sledge prostheses.
    Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 13(3): 197-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Clinical and functional results after the rehabilitation period in minimally-invasive unicondylar knee arthroplasty patients.
    Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 13(3): 179-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. The Oxford unicompartmental knee prosthesis: a 2-14 year follow-up.
    Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 13(3): 163-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Do older adults with knee osteoarthritis place greater loads on the knee during gait? A preliminary study.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(4): 703-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Urinary type II collagen helical peptide (HELIX-II) as a new biochemical marker of cartilage degradation in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(4): 1081-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Factors associated with hip cartilage volume measured by magnetic resonance imaging: the Tasmanian Older Adult Cohort Study.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(4): 1069-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Effect of oral glucosamine on cartilage degradation in a rabbit model of osteoarthritis.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(4): 1118-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Association of the Frizzled-related protein gene with symptomatic osteoarthritis at multiple sites.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(4): 1077-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Comprehensive assessment of clinical outcome and quality of life after resection interposition arthroplasty of the thumb saddle joint.
    Arthritis Rheum, 53(2): 205-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A functional single nucleotide polymorphism in the core promoter region of CALM1 is associated with hip osteoarthritis in Japanese.
    Hum Mol Genet, 14(8): 1009-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Implication of interleukin 18 in production of matrix metalloproteinases in articular chondrocytes in arthritis: direct effect on chondrocytes may not be pivotal.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(5): 735-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Orthopedic problems in geriatric dogs and cats.
    Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 35(3): 655-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Surface arthroplasty in young patients with hip arthritis secondary to childhood disorders.
    Orthop Clin North Am, 36(2): 223-30, x. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. A naturalistic study of the determinants of health related quality of life improvement in osteoarthritic patients treated with non-specific non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(5): 688-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. EULAR evidence based recommendations for the management of hip osteoarthritis: report of a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT).
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(5): 669-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Prevalence and pattern of radiographic hand osteoarthritis and association with pain and disability (the Rotterdam study).
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(5): 682-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. An assessment of willingness to participate in a randomized trial of arthroscopic knee surgery in patients with osteoarthritis.
    Contemp Clin Trials, 26(2): 169-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Segmental noxious versus innocuous electrical stimulation for chronic pain relief and the effect of fading sensation during treatment.
    Pain, 115(1): 152-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Valdecoxib is associated with improved dyspepsia-related health compared with nonspecific NSAIDs in patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 100(5): 1043-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Intraarticular corticosteroid for treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Viscosupplementation for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Glucosamine therapy for treating osteoarthritis.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy in athetoid cerebral palsy patients: about five cases.
    Joint Bone Spine, 72(3): 270-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Impact of osteoarthritis: results of a nationwide survey of 10,000 patients consulting for OA.
    Joint Bone Spine, 72(3): 235-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Vascular endothelial growth factor plays an important autocrine/paracrine role in the progression of osteoarthritis.
    Histochem Cell Biol, 123(3): 275-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. The treatment of osteochondral lesions using a combination of autologous chondrocyte implantation and autograft: three-year follow-up.
    J Bone Joint Surg Br, 87(5): 730-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Identification of differentially expressed genes between osteoarthritic and normal trabecular bone from the intertrochanteric region of the proximal femur using cDNA microarray analysis.
    Bone, 36(4): 635-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Short tau inversion recovery and proton density-weighted fat suppressed sequences for the evaluation of osteoarthritis of the knee with a 1.0 T dedicated extremity MRI: development of a time-efficient sequence protocol.
    Eur Radiol, 15(5): 978-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Assessment of apparent diffusion coefficient in normal and degenerated intervertebral lumbar disks: initial experience.
    Radiology, 235(2): 569-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Long-term radiographic comparison of tibial plateau leveling osteotomy versus extracapsular stabilization for cranial cruciate ligament rupture in the dog.
    Vet Surg, 34(2): 133-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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