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Osteoporosis

Distinct tribological endotypes of pathological human synovial fluid reveal characteristic biomarkers and variation in efficacy of viscosupplementation at reducing local strains in articular cartilage.

Feb 28, 2020

Viscosupplementation has been used for decades to treat mild to moderate osteoarthritis, yet it is unknown if the lubricating function of different pathological synovial fluids (SF) vary, or if they r...

Cardiac glycoside digoxin ameliorates pro-inflammatory cytokines in PBMCs of rheumatoid arthritis patients in vitro.

Feb 28, 2020

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by hyperplasia of the synovial membrane along with persistent inflammation of joints. Earlier studies suggest the crucial role...

How does the joint Dermatology-Rheumatology clinic benefit both patients and Dermatologists?

Feb 25, 2020

Psoriasis (Pso) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are chronic and debilitating diseases which often develop in the same patient and are linked to a wide range of comorbid conditions. Dermatologists and Rh...

Favorable skeletal benefit/risk of long-term denosumab therapy: A virtual-twin analysis of fractures prevented relative to skeletal safety events observed.

Feb 25, 2020

Antiresorptive therapies reduce fracture risk; however, long-term bone turnover inhibition may raise concerns about rare, but serious, skeletal adverse events-atypical femoral fracture (AFF) and osteo...

Radiofrequency echographic multi spectrometry for the prediction of incident fragility fractures: A 5-year follow-up study.

Feb 25, 2020

To investigate the effectiveness of the T-score values provided by Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) in the identification of patients at risk for incident osteoporotic fractures.A ...

Prolonged survival after disseminated Rhinocladiella infection treated with surgical excision and posaconazole.

Feb 14, 2020

Cerebral abscess due to pigmented moulds are a rare but usually fatal infection occasionally seen in transplant recipients. A 67 year old male of Iraqi origin underwent a deceased donation renal trans...

Cerebral Palsy: An Overview.

Feb 14, 2020

Cerebral palsy, which occurs in two to three out of 1,000 live births, has multiple etiologies resulting in brain injury that affects movement, posture, and balance. The movement disorders associated ...

Use and utility of serologic tests for rheumatoid arthritis in primary care.

Feb 14, 2020

In this retrospective, register-based population study, we evaluated if anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) is a better choice than immunoglobulin M rheumatoid factor (IgM RF) in primary care...

Impact of Vegetables or Seafoods on Rheumatoid Arthritis

Feb 14, 2020

To clarify the relationship between dietary habit and disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).This study enrolled RA patients who met the ACR/EULAR 2010 classification criteria from Kyoto Univer...

Characteristics and Outcomes Among Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Requiring a Higher Level of Care

Feb 14, 2020

Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) have a higher risk of developing organ failure, and they may require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). The aim of our study is to determine...

Biomechanical analysis and optimization of screw fixation technique for the cortical bone channel of lower thorax: Study protocol clinical trial (SPIRIT Compliant).

Feb 13, 2020

It is well known that the main segments of spinal fracture is thoracolumbar (T11-L11). Therefore, in addition to the lumbar, the lower thoracic vertebra (T9-T12) often has the clinical needs of implan...

Does vitamin D status influence lumbar disc degeneration and low back pain in postmenopausal women? A retrospective single-center study.

Feb 13, 2020

To investigate the relationship between serum vitamin D concentration and lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) in postmenopausal women and the epidemiologic factors affecting low back pain (LBP).Between Jul...

Weekly Teriparatide versus Bisphosphonate for Bone Union during Six Months after Multi-Level Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Osteoporotic Patients: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Study.

Feb 13, 2020

Multicenter, prospective randomized study.Evaluate the impact of weekly teriparatide (WT) and bone contact (BC) status of grafted bone in patients recovering from multi-level lumbar interbody fusion (...

Immunomodulatory benefits of mesenchymal stem cells treated with Caffeine in adjuvant-induced arthritis.

Feb 13, 2020

We intend to assess the effect of the conditioned medium of Caffeine pulsed MSCS in the amelioration of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-afflicted rats.MSCs were incubated with 0, 0.1, 0.5 or 1 mM Caffeine...

Is Bone Non-Union, Vertebral Deformity, or Spino-Pelvic Malalignment the Best Therapeutic Target for Amelioration of Low Back Pain after Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture?

Feb 13, 2020

Cohort study (level 3).To identify independent risk factors for residual low back pain (LBP) following osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF).Non-union has been proposed as the primary cause of residua...

The combined association of depressive symptoms and C-reactive protein for incident disease risk up to 12 years later. Findings from the English Longitudinal of Ageing (ELSA).

Jan 24, 2020

Depression and inflammation are interrelated, and both are associated with the development of long-term conditions (LTCs). We investigated whether the combination of elevated depressive symptoms and e...

A reliable time-series method for predicting arthritic disease outcomes: New step from regression toward a nonlinear artificial intelligence method.

Jan 24, 2020

The interrupted time-series (ITS) concept is performed using linear regression to evaluate the impact of policy changes in public health at a specific time. Objectives of this study were to verify, wi...

A network pharmacology approach to explore the potential targets underlying the effect of sinomenine on rheumatoid arthritis.

Jan 24, 2020

To explore the potential targets underlying the effect of sinomenine (SIN) on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by utilizing a network pharmacology approach.SIN and its drug targets were identified using netw...

Prediction of triptolide targets in rheumatoid arthritis using network pharmacology and molecular docking.

Jan 24, 2020

Network pharmacology is a novel approach that uses bioinformatics to predict and identify multiple drug targets and interactions in disease. Here, we used network pharmacology to investigate the mecha...

Comparison of Pediatric Familial Mediterranean Fever Patients Carrying Only E148Q Variant With the Ones Carrying Homozygous Pathogenic Mutations.

Jan 24, 2020

The aims of this study were to compare demographic data, clinical features, and severity scores of familial Mediterranean fever patients carrying E148Q variant with the patients having homozygous path...

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