Osteoarthritis
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Risk of Knee OA From Weight-Bearing Exercise Seen Only With Low Muscle Mass
People with low lower-limb muscle mass should consider approaches to physical activity that include non–weight-bearing activities, along with...
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Blood Biomarkers Predict Knee Osteoarthritis Years in Advance
The findings “provide valuable information for understanding the molecular events of early disease,” the authors wrote, but need to be validated...
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Semaglutide Trial for Knee Osteoarthritis Shows Improvements in Pain, Physical Function
Results of the STEP 9 study in people with knee osteoarthritis and obesity show that semaglutide not only induced significant weight loss but also...
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No Major Differences in Improvement Seen with Progressive Resistance Training Versus Neuromuscular Exercise for Hip Osteoarthritis
Progressive resistance training or neuromuscular exercise for 12 weeks helped to improve hip function, pain, and quality of life to a similar...
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Chronic Pain Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging
The acceleration in brain aging was largely driven by the hippocampus and predicted memory decline and incident dementia during follow-up.
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Congress Directly Provides $10 Million for Arthritis Research for First Time
This is the first stand-alone arthritis research program under the Department of Defenses’ Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
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PT Delivered Via Telemedicine Proves Noninferior to In-Person Care for Chronic Knee Pain
The results are a “game changer” for physical therapy, one expert said, and could help expand access to physiotherapy services for an underserved...
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Are There Benefits to Taking GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Before Joint Surgery?
Two new studies looked at the effects of the weight-loss drugs on rates of complications after hip replacement procedures. The results were mixed...
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Exercising With Osteoarthritis: Five Things to Know
Top tips to an exercise plan for patients with osteoarthritis.
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Proinflammatory Diet May Prompt Worse Pain Course in Knee OA
Energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index scores were not associated with tibial cartilage volume loss or overall bone marrow loss.
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Corticosteroid Injections Don’t Move Blood Sugar for Most
Intra-articular corticosteroid injections pose a minimal risk of accelerating diabetes; the injections may temporarily raise glucose levels.