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 5 (May)

1. Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta inflicted by a spinal osteophyte.
   Ann Vasc Surg, 19(2): 263-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Costs and effectiveness of pre- and post-operative home physiotherapy for total knee replacement: randomized controlled trial.
   J Eval Clin Pract, 11(3): 283-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Clinical efficacy of radiation synovectomy in digital joint osteoarthritis.
   Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 32(5): 575-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. The role of cathepsins in osteoporosis and arthritis: rationale for the design of new therapeutics.
   Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 57(7): 973-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Stability of RNA isolated from human trabecular bone at post-mortem and surgery.
   Biochim Biophys Acta, 1740(1): 1-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Descriptions of pain in elderly patients following orthopaedic surgery.
   Scand J Caring Sci, 19(2): 110-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Enhanced expression of insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins in human osteoarthritic cartilage detected by immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization.
   Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(5): 439-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Chondrocyte calcium-sensing receptor expression is up-regulated in early guinea pig knee osteoarthritis and modulates PTHrP, MMP-13, and TIMP-3 expression.
   Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(5): 395-404. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Arthroscopy -- a potential "gold standard" for the diagnosis of the chondropathy of early osteoarthritis.
   Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(5): 368-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Synovitis: a potential predictive factor of structural progression of medial tibiofemoral knee osteoarthritis -- results of a 1 year longitudinal arthroscopic study in 422 patients.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(5): 361-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Increased concentrations of neuro-excitatory amino acids in rat anterior cruciate ligament-transected knee joint dialysates: a microdialysis study.
    J Orthop Res, 23(3): 569-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Evidence for a role of the genomic region of the gene encoding for the alpha1 chain of type IX collagen (COL9A1) in hip osteoarthritis: A population-based study.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(5): 1437-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Association of the risk of osteoarthritis with high innate production of interleukin-1beta and low innate production of interleukin-10 ex vivo, upon lipopolysaccharide stimulation.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(5): 1443-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Selection of knee radiographs for trials of structure-modifying drugs in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a prospective, longitudinal study of Lyon Schuss knee radiographs with the definition of adequate alignment of the medial tibial plateau.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(5): 1411-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Type I collagen alpha1 Sp1 transcription factor binding site polymorphism is associated with reduced risk of hip osteoarthritis defined by severe joint space narrowing in elderly women.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(5): 1431-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Relationship of radiographic and clinical variables to pinch and grip strength among individuals with osteoarthritis.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(5): 1424-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Knee height, knee pain, and knee osteoarthritis: the Beijing Osteoarthritis Study.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(5): 1418-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Kappa and delta opioid receptors are expressed but down-regulated in fibroblast-like synoviocytes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(5): 1402-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Radiographic comparison of pegged and keeled glenoid components.
    J Shoulder Elbow Surg, 14(3): 252-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Osteoarthritis in hemodialysis patients: relationships with bone mineral density and other clinical and laboratory parameters.
    Rheumatol Int, 25(4): 270-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Does hyaluronan affect inflammatory cytokines in knee osteoarthritis?
    Rheumatol Int, 25(4): 264-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Moderate-heeled shoes and knee joint torques relevant to the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(5): 871-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. MR imaging of articular cartilage: current state and recent developments.
    Radiol Clin North Am, 43(4): 629-39, vii. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Value of C reactive protein in the assessment of erosive osteoarthritis of the hand.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(6): 955-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Efficacy of physiotherapy management of knee joint osteoarthritis: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(6): 906-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Increased pentosidine, an advanced glycation end product, in serum and synovial fluid from patients with knee osteoarthritis and its relation with cartilage oligomeric matrix protein.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(6): 886-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Evaluation of WOMAC 20, 50, 70 response criteria in patients treated with hylan G-F 20 for knee osteoarthritis.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(6): 881-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. The regulation of human MMP-13 by licofelone, an inhibitor of cyclo-oxygenases and 5-lipoxygenase, in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes is mediated by the inhibition of the p38 MAP kinase signalling pathway.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(6): 891-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Efficacy and tolerability of lumiracoxib 100 mg once daily in knee osteoarthritis: a 13-week, randomized, double-blind study vs. placebo and celecoxib.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 21(4): 517-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Role of radiography in predicting progression of osteoarthritis of the hip: prospective cohort study.
    BMJ, 330(7501): 1183. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Disease- and cell-type-specific transcriptional targeting of vectors for osteoarthritis gene therapy: further development of a clinical canine model.
    Rheumatology (Oxford), 44(6): 735-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Ethnic variation in knee replacement: patient preferences or uninformed disparity?
    Arch Intern Med, 165(10): 1117-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. New developments in osteoarthritis.
    Clin Geriatr Med, 21(3): 589-601, vii. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Increased MIG-6 mRNA transcripts in osteoarthritic cartilage.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 332(2): 482-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Examination of the molecular nature of low-molecular-mass chromium(III) ions in isolated osteoarthritic knee-joint synovial fluid.
    J Inorg Biochem, 99(6): 1390-400. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Selective COX-2 inhibition is favorable to human early and late-stage osteoarthritic cartilage: a human in vitro study.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(6): 519-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Development of comprehensive functional genomic screens to identify novel mediators of osteoarthritis.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(6): 508-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. The role of sequence variations within the genes encoding collagen II, IX and XI in non-syndromic, early-onset osteoarthritis.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(6): 497-507. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Medial and lateral osteoarthritis of the knee is related to variations of hip and pelvic anatomy.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(6): 471-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Tibial cancellous bone changes in patients with knee osteoarthritis. A short-term longitudinal study using Fractal Signature Analysis.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(6): 463-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Systematic review of therapies for osteoarthritis of the hand.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(6): 455-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Obesity and the female sex, risk factors for knee osteoarthritis that may be attributable to systemic or local leptin biosynthesis and its cellular effects.
    Med Hypotheses, 65(2): 312-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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