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Tears of Knee Ligaments & Meniscus Carry Highest Arthritis Risk

January 6, 2020 • By Lisa Rapaport

(Reuters Health)—Young adults who have had knee injuries are much more likely than uninjured peers to develop knee osteoarthritis (OA) by middle age, especially if they have broken bones or torn connective tissue, a recent study suggests. Cruciate ligament injuries were associated with a 19.6% greater risk of knee osteoarthritis, the study found. Meniscal tears… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis

Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy Tied to Radiographic Knee OA

September 29, 2020 • By By Lisa Rapaport

(Reuters Health)—Patients with a degenerative meniscus tear who get arthroscopic partial meniscectomy have similar five-year outcomes and increased risk of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) as without surgery, a small study suggests. Researchers in Finland randomly assigned 146 adults with degenerative meniscus tear confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to receive either arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM)… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: knee, Knee Osteoarthritis (OA), meniscal tear, meniscectomy, Pain

Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis: Managing OA That Develops After Joint Injuries & Reconstructive Surgery

November 28, 2018 • By Susan Bernstein

CHICAGO—Joint trauma is one of many potential drivers of osteoarthritis disease activity and structural progression. In Post-Traumatic OA: Pathogenesis, Clinical Evolution and Management, a session at the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, experts discussed the effects of sports and other injuries on even young patients’ joints. Post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA) may account for 12% of hip, knee… [Read More]

Filed Under: American College of Rheumatology, Conditions, Meeting Reports, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

5 Ways to Improve Your Collaboration with Orthopedic Surgeons

August 17, 2018 • By Vanessa Caceres

Rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons must frequently collaborate to provide optimal patient care. Sometimes, they may even work at the same practice and form a care team for easy collaboration. Still, patient management from both specialties can be challenging, and specialists from both sides can learn from each other. How Crossover Starts Rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons… [Read More]

Filed Under: Patient Perspective, Practice Management Tagged With: collaboration, communication, interdisciplinary

New Rheumatology Disease Research & Advice

February 17, 2018 • By Thomas R. Collins

SAN DIEGO—Top researchers gathered for a review course at the start of the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in November to describe new research, their own treatment strategies and new ways of thinking about an array of rheumatic diseases. Here are the highlights: Raynaud’s & Other Digit Problems When a patient walks into your clinic with… [Read More]

Filed Under: Meeting Reports, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Scleroderma, Spondyloarthritis, Vasculitis Tagged With: ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, adhesive capsulitis, ANCA, axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), diabetes, Dry eye, Ethics, lung disease, meniscus surgery, Osteoarthritis, Raynaud's, red eye, Rheumatoid arthritis, scleritis, Vasculitis

Rheumatology Health Professionals’ Awards, Appointments and Announcements November 2017

November 8, 2017 • By Carol Patton

Dr. Sherine Gabriel Joins Board of Trustees In July, ACR Past President Sherine E. Gabriel, MD, MSc, joined the New York Academy of Medicine Board of Trustees. Dr. Gabriel is a distinguished professor and dean of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. As dean emerita of Mayo Medical School, Dr. Gabriel developed successful clinical research training and career development… [Read More]

Filed Under: Career Development, Professional Topics Tagged With: advancements, Awards, Career, Profile, promotion, Research, rheumatologist, rheumatology health professionals

Unclear If Sports Raise Later Arthritis Risk

October 13, 2016 • By Carolyn Crist

(Reuters Health)—Playing team sports, especially soccer, at the elite level may lead to a higher risk for osteoarthritis, but the existing research is of such low quality it’s hard to say for sure, according to a recent review. In an analysis of past studies filled with conflicting results, researchers found that long-distance running was the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Osteoarthritis Tagged With: British Journal of Sports Medicine, soccer, Sports, team sports

Ortho Angle

August 1, 2009 • By Alison P. Toth, MD

Where rheumatology and orthopedics meet... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: Diagnosis, meniscus extrusion, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Treatment

Surgery Won’t Help Degenerative Knee Problems

May 15, 2017 • By Marilynn Larkin

(Reuters Health)—Arthroscopic surgery won’t cure chronic knee pain, locking, clicking, a torn meniscus or other problems related to knee arthritis, according to a panel of international experts. Every year, more than two million people with degenerative knee problems have arthroscopic surgery. But guidelines published May 10 in the British Medical Journal recommend against the procedure… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: arthroscopic meniscal surgery, Exercise/physical therapy, knee, knee arthroscopy, knee pain

Is Arthroscopic Meniscal Surgery Effective?

September 19, 2016 • By Lara C. Pullen, PhD

A recent review examined the effectiveness of arthroscopic mensical surgery in treating meniscal injuries. Researchers determined that little evidence exists to support the use of arthroscopic meniscal surgery and more studies that directly compare it with nonoperative treatments are needed…... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: arthroscopic meniscal surgery, degenerative meniscal tear, knee, knee injury, knee pain, Physical Therapy, surgery

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