Abstracts tagged "Alignment and osteoarthritis"

Abstract Number: 3058 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
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 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
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.…