Alignment and osteoarthritis Archives

Abstract Number: 3058 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Varus Thrust and Incident and Progressive Knee Osteoarthritis
Leena Sharma¹, Alison H. Chang², Charles Eaton³, Marc Hochberg⁴, Rebecca D. Jackson⁵, C. Kent Kwoh⁶, Michael C. Nevitt⁷, Orit Almagor⁸, Kirsten C. Moisio⁸ and Joan S. Chmiel⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²PT & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, ⁷Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁹Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Varus thrust, bowing-out of the knee during gait, i.e., appearance (or worsening) of varus during stance improving in late stance or swing, was associated…
Abstract Number: 2245 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Periarticular Bone Mineral Density Predicts Structural Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis Independently of Static Alignment
Grace H. Lo¹, Jeffrey B. Driban², Lori Lyn Price³, Charles Eaton⁴, Michael T. Strayhorn⁵ and Timothy E. McAlindon⁶, ¹VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety; Medical Care Line and Research Care Line; Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Clinical Care Research, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, ⁵VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety; Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁶Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Individuals with a greater medial to lateral tibial periarticular bone mineral density (M:L paBMD) and static malalignment have greater risk for osteoarthritis (OA) progression.…

Abstracts tagged "Alignment and osteoarthritis"

Varus Thrust and Incident and Progressive Knee Osteoarthritis

Periarticular Bone Mineral Density Predicts Structural Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis Independently of Static Alignment