Jessica Martin

For patients undergoing TKA, there were factors that influenced peak plasma total ropivacaine concentration after local infiltration analgesia.

In older patients with knee OA, pain expectancy may affect the pain experience after genuine and sham electroacupuncture.

Genicular nerve block may not predict pain relief following genicular nerve cooled radiofrequency ablation in patients with chronic knee pain due to OA.

In patients with rheumatic diseases, the incidence of pneumocystis pneumonia was reduced with primary prophylaxis with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.

For patients with osteoarthritis-related knee pain, cooled radiofrequency ablation may provide greater pain relief compared with steroid injections.

Greater visceral and/or subcutaneous adiposity may have an important role in bone growth during adolescence.

New allopurinol use was associated with a reduced risk of incident peripheral arterial disease.

Researchers found that HLA status was associated with gut microbiota diversity.

DMARD-naïve patients with rheumatoid arthritis benefited from treat-to-target tocilizumab therapy.

In patients with hand osteoarthritis, pregabalin was shown to improve hand pain.

Treatment with TNF inhibitors has led to improvement in physical function and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Results from phase 3 trials OPAL Broaden (NCT01877668) and OPAL Beyond (NCT01882439) presented at the American College of Rheumatology 2017 in San Diego, California.

Researchers recruited patients with recent onset axial spondyloarthritis and conducted MRI of the spine or MRI of the sacroiliac joints at baseline, 2 years, and 5 years.

With the exception of sedentary lifestyle, cardiovascular risk factors were not found to impact the likelihood of achieving minimal disease activity among patients with psoriatic arthritis.

The real-world rates of most adverse events in patients with psoriatic arthritis receiving several biologics may be comparable with those reported in phase 3 studies of tofacitinib.

Initial high disease activity in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an increased risk for depression and persistent depression.

Inhibition of the Wnt pathway with the small molecule SM04690 was shown to improve pain and maintain or improve radiographic outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Real-world data indicate that although most patients with systemic lupus erythematosus or connective tissue diseases have successful pregnancies, more adverse pregnancy outcomes occur.

Data from 6 cohorts were used to evaluate and establish the relationship between multibiomarker disease activity score and radiographic progression risk.

Liposomal bupivacaine showed better pain relief for patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty.

Opioid consumption after knee arthroplasty was reduced by electrotherapy and acupuncture.