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Evaluation of a group acceptance commitment therapy intervention for people with knee or hip osteoarthritis: a pilot randomized controlled trial (2016)
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Clarke, S. P., Poulis, N., Moreton, B. J., Walsh, D. A., & Lincoln, N. B. (2016). Evaluation of a group acceptance commitment therapy intervention for people with knee or hip osteoarthritis: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(7), https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2016.1160295

OBJECTIVES: The aim was to evaluate an Acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) intervention for people with knee or hip osteoarthritis; a related aim was to compare treatment effects from Rasch-transformed and standard scales.
METHODS: Participants were... Read More about Evaluation of a group acceptance commitment therapy intervention for people with knee or hip osteoarthritis: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

The measurement of psychological constructs in people with osteoarthritis of the knee: a psychometric evaluation (2016)
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Lincoln, N., Moreton, B., Turner, K., & Walsh, D. A. (2017). The measurement of psychological constructs in people with osteoarthritis of the knee: a psychometric evaluation. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(4), https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2016.1146356

Purpose: To examine the measurement properties of measures of psychological constructs in people with knee osteoarthritis.
Method: Participants with osteoarthritis of the knee completed the beck depression inventory (BDI-II), state-trait anxiety inv... Read More about The measurement of psychological constructs in people with osteoarthritis of the knee: a psychometric evaluation.

Home-administered pre-surgical psychological intervention for knee osteoarthritis (HAPPiKNEES): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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das Nair, R., Anderson, P., Clarke, S. P., Leighton, P., Lincoln, N., Mhizha-Murira, J. R., Scammell, B. E., & Walsh, D. A. (2016). Home-administered pre-surgical psychological intervention for knee osteoarthritis (HAPPiKNEES): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(54), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1165-z

Background: Knee replacement surgery reduces pain for many people with osteoarthritis (OA). However, surgical outcomes are partly dependent on patients’ moods, and those with depression or anxiety have worse outcomes. Approximately one-third of peopl... Read More about Home-administered pre-surgical psychological intervention for knee osteoarthritis (HAPPiKNEES): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Characterization of multinucleated giant cells in synovium and subchondral bone in knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (2015)
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Prieto-Potin, I., Largo, R., Roman-Blas, J. A., Herrero-Beaumont, G., & Walsh, D. A. (2015). Characterization of multinucleated giant cells in synovium and subchondral bone in knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 16, Article 226. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0664-5

Background: Multinucleated giant cells have been noticed in diverse arthritic conditions since their first description in rheumatoid synovium. However, their role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) still remains b... Read More about Characterization of multinucleated giant cells in synovium and subchondral bone in knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Blocking the tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA) receptor inhibits pain behaviour in two rat models of osteoarthritis (2015)
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Nwosu, L. N., Mapp, P. I., Chapman, V., & Walsh, D. A. (in press). Blocking the tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA) receptor inhibits pain behaviour in two rat models of osteoarthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75(6), https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-207203

Objectives: Tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA) mediates nociceptor sensitisation by nerve growth factor (NGF), but it is unknown whether selective TrkA inhibition will be an effective strategy for treating osteoarthritis (OA) pain. We determined th... Read More about Blocking the tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA) receptor inhibits pain behaviour in two rat models of osteoarthritis.

Pain Phenotype in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: Classification and Measurement Properties of painDETECT and Self-Report Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs Scale in a Cross-Sectional Study (2015)
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Moreton, B. J., Tew, V., das Nair, R., Wheeler, M., Walsh, D. A., & Lincoln, N. B. (2015). Pain Phenotype in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: Classification and Measurement Properties of painDETECT and Self-Report Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs Scale in a Cross-Sectional Study. Arthritis Care and Research, 67(4), 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.22431

Objective

Multiple mechanisms are involved in pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA). The painDETECT and Self‐Report Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (S‐LANSS) questionnaires screen for neuropathic pain and may also identify... Read More about Pain Phenotype in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: Classification and Measurement Properties of painDETECT and Self-Report Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs Scale in a Cross-Sectional Study.

Dissecting the contribution of knee joint NGF to spinal nociceptive sensitization in a model of OA pain in the rat (2015)
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Sagar, D. R., Nwosu, L. N., Walsh, D. A., & Chapman, V. (2015). Dissecting the contribution of knee joint NGF to spinal nociceptive sensitization in a model of OA pain in the rat. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 23(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2015.01.010

Objective: Although analgesic approaches targeting nerve growth factor (NGF) for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) pain remain of clinical interest, neurophysiological mechanisms by which NGF contribute to OA pain remain unclear. We investigated t... Read More about Dissecting the contribution of knee joint NGF to spinal nociceptive sensitization in a model of OA pain in the rat.

A cross-sectional study of pain sensitivity, disease-activity assessment, mental health, and fibromyalgia status in rheumatoid arthritis (2015)
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Joharatnam, N., McWilliams, D. F., Wilson, D., Wheeler, M., Pande, I., & Walsh, D. A. (2015). A cross-sectional study of pain sensitivity, disease-activity assessment, mental health, and fibromyalgia status in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 17(11), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-015-0525-5

INTRODUCTION: Pain remains the most important problem for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Active inflammatory disease contributes to pain, but pain due to non-inflammatory mechanisms can confound the assessment of disease activity. We hypothes... Read More about A cross-sectional study of pain sensitivity, disease-activity assessment, mental health, and fibromyalgia status in rheumatoid arthritis.

Structural Associations of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Structural Associations of Symptomatic Knee OA (2014)
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Stoppiello, L. A., Mapp, P. I., Wilson, D., Hill, R., Scammell, B. E., & Walsh, D. A. (2014). Structural Associations of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Structural Associations of Symptomatic Knee OA. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 66(11), 3018-3027. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.38778

Objective

Structural changes of osteoarthritis (OA) may occur in the absence of pain. In this study, we aimed to identify histopathologic features that are associated with symptomatic knee OA.

Methods

Medial tibial plateaus and synovium samp... Read More about Structural Associations of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Structural Associations of Symptomatic Knee OA.

Mechanisms, impact and management of pain in rheumatoid arthritis (2014)
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Walsh, D. A., & McWilliams, D. F. (2014). Mechanisms, impact and management of pain in rheumatoid arthritis. Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 10(10), 581-592. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2014.64

© 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) identify pain as their most important symptom, one that often persists despite optimal control of inflammatory disease. RA pain arises from multiple mecha... Read More about Mechanisms, impact and management of pain in rheumatoid arthritis.

Increased function of pronociceptive TRPV1 at the level of the joint in a rat model of osteoarthritis pain (2013)
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Kelly, S., Chapman, R., Woodhams, S., Sagar, D. R., Turner, J., Burston, J., Bullock, C., Paton, K., Huang, J., Wong, A., McWilliams, D., Okine, B., Barrett, D., Hathway, G., Walsh, D., & Chapman, V. (2014). Increased function of pronociceptive TRPV1 at the level of the joint in a rat model of osteoarthritis pain. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74, https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203413

Objectives Blockade of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) with systemic antagonists attenuates osteoarthritis (OA) pain behaviour in rat models, but on-target-mediated hyperthermia has halted clinical trials. The present study investiga... Read More about Increased function of pronociceptive TRPV1 at the level of the joint in a rat model of osteoarthritis pain.

Augmented pain behavioural responses to intra-articular injection of nerve growth factor in two animal models of osteoarthritis (2013)
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Ashraf, S., Mapp, P. I., Chapman, V., Burston, J., Bennett, A., & Walsh, D. A. (2014). Augmented pain behavioural responses to intra-articular injection of nerve growth factor in two animal models of osteoarthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(9), 1710-1718. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203416

The experience of living with knee osteoarthritis: exploring illness and treatment beliefs through thematic analysis (2013)
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Pouli, N., das Nair, R., Lincoln, N., & Walsh, D. A. (2013). The experience of living with knee osteoarthritis: exploring illness and treatment beliefs through thematic analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 36(7), https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2013.805257

Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability in older adults. However, there is limited research on the daily experience of living with knee OA. We aimed to offer insight into the beliefs of patients with knee OA about their illne... Read More about The experience of living with knee osteoarthritis: exploring illness and treatment beliefs through thematic analysis.

Pain in rheumatoid arthritis (2012)
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Walsh, D. A., & McWilliams, D. F. (2012). Pain in rheumatoid arthritis. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 16(6), 509-517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-012-0303-x

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease of synovial joints, and pain is the predominant problem for people with RA. Pain in RA is distressing in its own right and adversely affects disability and psychosocial outcomes. RA pain may be due... Read More about Pain in rheumatoid arthritis.

Lymphatic vessels in osteoarthritic human knees (2012)
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Walsh, D. A., Verghese, P., Cook, G. J., McWilliams, D. F., Mapp, P. I., Ashraf, S., & Wilson, D. (2012). Lymphatic vessels in osteoarthritic human knees. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 20(5), 405-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2012.01.012

Objectives: The distribution and function of lymphatic vessels in normal and diseased human knees are understood incompletely. This study aimed to investigate whether lymphatic density is associated with clinical, histological or radiographic paramet... Read More about Lymphatic vessels in osteoarthritic human knees.