Injections for knee osteoarthritis: corticosteroids, viscosupplementation, platelet-rich plasma, and autologous stem cells

DM Levy, KA Petersen, MS Vaught, DR Christian… - … : The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This article reviews the benefits of corticosteroid, viscosupplementation, platelet-rich plasma,
and autologous mesenchymal stem cell injections for the treatment of patients with knee …

Effects of meaningful weight loss beyond symptomatic relief in adults with knee osteoarthritis and obesity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

IJH Chu, AYT Lim, CLW Ng - Obesity Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Existing clinical guidelines recommend weight loss for adults with knee osteoarthritis and
obesity, but the supporting evidence to date remains inadequate. There is also no pooled …

Downregulating PI3K/Akt/NF-κB signaling with allicin for ameliorating the progression of osteoarthritis: in vitro and vivo studies

YQ Qian, ZH Feng, XB Li, ZC Hu, JW Xuan, X Wang… - Food & function, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by the degeneration and destruction of articular
cartilage. Allicin, a dietary garlic active constituent, exerts anti-inflammatory effects on …

Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in former athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis

FO Madaleno, BA Santos, VL Araújo… - Brazilian journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in former athletes is still unclear. Objective To
investigate prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in former athletes. Moreover, the secondary aim …

[HTML][HTML] Knee pain as a predictor of structural progression over 4 years: data from the osteoarthritis initiative, a prospective cohort study

Y Wang, AJ Teichtahl, F Abram, SM Hussain… - Arthritis research & …, 2018 - Springer
Background There is evidence that knee pain not only is a consequence of structural
deterioration in osteoarthritis (OA) but also contributes to structural progression. Clarifying …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison between kinetic and kinetic-kinematic driven knee joint finite element models

PO Bolcos, ME Mononen, A Mohammadi, M Ebrahimi… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Use of knee joint finite element models for diagnostic purposes is challenging due to their
complexity. Therefore, simpler models are needed for studies where a high number of …

Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee in former male professional soccer players

S Petrillo, R Papalia, N Maffulli, P Volpi… - British medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Professional soccer (PS) players are at great risk of osteoarthritis (OA) of the
knee and hip. Sources of data Following the PRISMA guidelines, the key words …

[HTML][HTML] Concordance between clinical and radiographic evaluations of knee osteoarthritis

C Parsons, NR Fuggle, MH Edwards… - Aging clinical and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Significant correlation has been previously demonstrated between radiographic
and clinical diagnoses of knee osteoarthritis (OA); however, the specific findings on clinical …

The protective effect of phloretin in osteoarthritis: an in vitro and in vivo study

W Zheng, C Chen, C Zhang, L Cai, H Chen - Food & function, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease characterized by the degradation and
inflammation of cartilage. Phloretin, a type of dihydrochalcone mainly found in apples and …

Isofraxidin inhibits interleukin-1β induced inflammatory response in human osteoarthritis chondrocytes

J Lin, X Li, W Qi, Y Yan, K Chen, X Xue, X Xu… - International …, 2018 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent disease of knee especially in the aged people.
Isofraxidin (IF) is a coumarin compound refined from traditional Chinese medicines with …