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Abstracts tagged "meniscus and osteoarthritis"

  • Abstract Number: 420 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Accelerated Knee Osteoarthritis Is Characterized By Destabilizing Meniscal Tears and Pre-Radiographic Structural Disease Burden

    Jeffrey B. Driban1, Julie Davis2, Bing Lu3, Lori Lyn Price4,5, Robert J. Ward6, James MacKay7, Charles B. Eaton8, Grace H. Lo9, Mary Barbe10, Ming Zhang11, Jincheng Pang12, Alina Stout13, Matthew Harkey13 and Timothy E. McAlindon14, 1Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, BOSTON, MA, 3Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 4Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 5Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 6Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 7Radiology, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 8Family Medicine and Community Health( Epidemiology), Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, 9Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center / Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 10Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 11Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 12Electrical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 13Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 14Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: A subset of adults who develop knee osteoarthritis (KOA) quickly progress from no radiographic disease to advanced-stage disease often in ≤12 months. Adults with…
  • Abstract Number: 306 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    MRI-Detected Cartilage Damage, Meniscal Damage, and Meniscal Extrusion Prior to Incident Radiographic Osteoarthritis and the Subsequent Trajectory of Joint Space Loss

    C. Kent Kwoh1, Frank Roemer2,3, Erin L. Ashbeck4, Charles Ratzlaff4, Jeffrey Duryea5 and Ali Guermazi6, 11501 N. Campbell Avenue, Room 8303, The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, 2Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 3Radiology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 4The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, 5Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 6Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Loss of joint space width (JSW) on x-ray is the recommended standard to define osteoarthritis progression. However, both cartilage and meniscal damage contribute to…
  • Abstract Number: 2387 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    The Effect of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy in Patients with Osteoarthritis on Meniscal Body Extrusion

    Martin Englund1,2, Fan Zhang3, Ali Guermazi4, Frank W Roemer5,6, Elena Losina7 and Jeffrey N. Katz8, 1Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 2Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 3Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 4Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 5Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, 6Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 7Orthopaedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 8Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Meniscal damage and extrusion are both strongly associated with the progression of knee OA. Concerns have recently been raised that arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM)…
  • Abstract Number: 2250 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    The Effects of Treatment on Disease Symptoms and Progression of Structural Changes in Knee Osteoarthritis Participants from the Osteoarthritis Initiative Progression Cohort

    Jean-Pierre Pelletier1, Camille Roubille1, François Abram2, Marc Dorais3, Philippe Delorme1, Jean-Pierre Raynauld1 and Johanne Martel-Pelletier1, 1Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Medical Imaging Research & Development, ArthroLab Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada, 3StatSciences Inc., Notre-Dame de l’Île-Perrot, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: In the perspective of personalized management of osteoarthritis (OA), a clinically relevant concern is the impact of meniscal extrusion on response to treatment. This study evaluated the role…
  • Abstract Number: 206 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Risk Factors for Increased Extrusion of the Meniscus Body in Subjects Free of Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: 6-Year MRI Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

    Fan Zhang1, Jaanika Kumm2, Fredrik Svensson1, Aleksandra Turkiewicz1, Richard Frobell1 and Martin Englund3, 1Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 2Radiology, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia, 3Department of Orthopedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Background/Purpose Meniscal body extrusion on knee MRI is strongly associated with the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, there is very limited evidence…

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