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Constitutional morphological features and risk of hip osteoarthritis: a case–control study using standard radiographs (2020)
Journal Article
Abdulrahim, H., Jiao, Q., Swain, S., Sehat, K., Sarmanova, A., Muir, K., …Doherty, M. (2021). Constitutional morphological features and risk of hip osteoarthritis: a case–control study using standard radiographs. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80(4), 494-501. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218739

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objectives: To evaluate the risk of association with hip osteoarthritis (OA) of 14 morphological features measured on standard antero-posteri... Read More about Constitutional morphological features and risk of hip osteoarthritis: a case–control study using standard radiographs.

Individual responses to topical ibuprofen gel or capsaicin cream for painful knee osteoarthritis: a series of n-of-1 trials (2020)
Journal Article
Persson, M. S., Stocks, J., Sarmanova, A., Fernandes, G., Walsh, D. A., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (2021). Individual responses to topical ibuprofen gel or capsaicin cream for painful knee osteoarthritis: a series of n-of-1 trials. Rheumatology, 60(5), 2231-2237. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa561

OBJECTIVES: To determine individual responses to ibuprofen gel or capsaicin cream for painful, radiographic knee OA using a series of n-of-1 trials. METHODS: Twenty-two participants were allocated 5% ibuprofen gel (A) and 0.025% capsaicin cream (B) i... Read More about Individual responses to topical ibuprofen gel or capsaicin cream for painful knee osteoarthritis: a series of n-of-1 trials.

Level of physical activity among middle-aged and older Chinese people: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study (2020)
Journal Article
Li, X., Zhang, W., Zhang, W., Tao, K., Ni, W., Wang, K., …Lin, J. (2020). Level of physical activity among middle-aged and older Chinese people: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 1682. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09671-9

Background: With data from different regions accumulated, physical inactivity (PI) was found to be pandemic worldwide. Using China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), a nationwide longitudinal survey data, we aimed to delineate the pre... Read More about Level of physical activity among middle-aged and older Chinese people: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.

Initial analgesic prescriptions for osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom, 2000-2016 (2020)
Journal Article
Zeng, C., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Persson, M. S., Mallen, C., Swain, S., …Zhang, Y. (2021). Initial analgesic prescriptions for osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom, 2000-2016. Rheumatology, 60(1), 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa244

Objectives: To examine trends in the initial prescription of commonly-prescribed analgesics and patient- as well as practice-level factors related to their selection in incident OA. Methods: Patients consulting with incident clinical OA between 2000-... Read More about Initial analgesic prescriptions for osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom, 2000-2016.

Corrigendum to: Statin use and risk of joint replacement due to osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: a propensity-score matched longitudinal cohort study (2020)
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Sarmanova, A., Doherty, M., Kuo, C., Wei, J., Abhishek, A., Mallen, C., …Zhang, W. (2020). Corrigendum to: Statin use and risk of joint replacement due to osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: a propensity-score matched longitudinal cohort study. Rheumatology, 59(10), 3120-3120. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa223

Mediators of the predictive relationship between a self-report measure of central mechanisms and future knee pain outcomes in the knee pain in the community (KPIC) cohort (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthews, R., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Frowd, N., Swaithes, L., Stocks, J., Sarmanova, A., …Walsh, D. A. (2020). Mediators of the predictive relationship between a self-report measure of central mechanisms and future knee pain outcomes in the knee pain in the community (KPIC) cohort.

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA): an OA Trial Bank protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis (2020)
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Jin, X., Antony, B., Wang, X., Persson, M. S., McAlindon, T., Arden, N. K., …Ding, C. (2020). Effect of vitamin D supplementation on pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA): an OA Trial Bank protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 10(4), Article e035302. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035302

Introduction: Observational data suggest that vitamin D deficiency is associated with the onset and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to date investigating the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation... Read More about Effect of vitamin D supplementation on pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA): an OA Trial Bank protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis.

Baseline self-report ‘central mechanisms’ trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort (2019)
Journal Article
Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Sarmanova, A., Fernandes, G., Frowd, N., Swaithes, L., Stocks, J., …Walsh, D. A. (2020). Baseline self-report ‘central mechanisms’ trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28(2), 173-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.11.004

Objectives

We investigated whether baseline scores for a self-report trait linked to central mechanisms predict 1 year pain outcomes in the Knee Pain in the Community cohort.

Method

1471 participants reported knee pain at baseline and respon... Read More about Baseline self-report ‘central mechanisms’ trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort.

The powerful placebo effect in osteoarthritis (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, W. (2019). The powerful placebo effect in osteoarthritis. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 37(5), S118-S123

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis. Pain and its related function and stiffness are currently the major symptoms and primary outcomes for treatment. However, the treatment in the past has been primarily targeting on the peripher... Read More about The powerful placebo effect in osteoarthritis.

The effectiveness of treatments for Kashin–Beck disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Zou, K., Hu, J., Zhou, Q., Su, J., Dong, B., & Zhang, W. (2019). The effectiveness of treatments for Kashin–Beck disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Clinical Rheumatology, 38(12), 3595-3607. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-019-04704-0

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of treatments for Kashin–Beck disease (KBD). Method: We searched PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, Web of Science, SinoMed, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure,... Read More about The effectiveness of treatments for Kashin–Beck disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Do β-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs associate with reduced risk of symptomatic osteoarthritis and total joint replacement in the general population?: A primary-care based prospective cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2019)
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Nakafero, G., Grainge, M., Valdes, A., Townsend, N., Mallen, C., Zhang, W., …Abhishek, A. (2019). Do β-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs associate with reduced risk of symptomatic osteoarthritis and total joint replacement in the general population?: A primary-care based prospective cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. BMJ Open, 9(8), Article e032050. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032050

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Introduction: To investigate if β-adrenoreceptor blocking drug (β-blocker) prescription reduces the risk of knee or hip osteoarthritis, total joint replacement and analgesic prescription. Setting: Primary care... Read More about Do β-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs associate with reduced risk of symptomatic osteoarthritis and total joint replacement in the general population?: A primary-care based prospective cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Predictors of placebo response to local (intra-articular) therapy in osteoarthritis: An individual patient data meta-analysis protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Yu, S. P. C., Ferreira, M. L., Van Middelkoop, M., Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M., Zhang, W., Deveza, L. A., & Hunter, D. J. (2019). Predictors of placebo response to local (intra-articular) therapy in osteoarthritis: An individual patient data meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open, 9(5), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027372

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent and disabling condition with limited safe and effecti... Read More about Predictors of placebo response to local (intra-articular) therapy in osteoarthritis: An individual patient data meta-analysis protocol.

Association between inactivated influenza vaccine and primary care consultations for autoimmune rheumatic disease flares: a self-controlled case series study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2019)
Journal Article
Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Myles, P., Mallen, C. D., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., …Abhishek, A. (2019). Association between inactivated influenza vaccine and primary care consultations for autoimmune rheumatic disease flares: a self-controlled case series study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 78(8), 1122-1126. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215086

Objectives To examine the association between inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) administration and primary care consultation for joint pain, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare, corticosteroid prescription, vasculitis, and unexplained fever in people w... Read More about Association between inactivated influenza vaccine and primary care consultations for autoimmune rheumatic disease flares: a self-controlled case series study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Quantitative sensory testing and predicting outcomes for musculoskeletal pain, disability, and negative affect: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Georgopoulos, V., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Zhang, W., McWilliams, D. F., Hendrick, P., & Walsh, D. A. (2019). Quantitative sensory testing and predicting outcomes for musculoskeletal pain, disability, and negative affect: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PAIN, 160(9), 1920-1932. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001590

Hypersensitivity due to central pain mechanisms can influence recovery and lead to worse clinical outcomes, but the ability of quantitative sensory testing (QST), an index of sensitisation, to predict outcomes in chronic musculoskeletal disorders rem... Read More about Quantitative sensory testing and predicting outcomes for musculoskeletal pain, disability, and negative affect: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Temporal relationships between systemic lupus erythematosus and comorbidities (2018)
Journal Article
Kuo, C. F., Chou, I.-J., Rees, F., Grainge, M. J., Lanyon, P., Davenport, G., …Doherty, M. (2019). Temporal relationships between systemic lupus erythematosus and comorbidities. Rheumatology, 58(5), 840-848. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/key335

© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. Objective: To examine the burden of comorbidities prior to and after the diagnosis of SLE and its impact on mortality.... Read More about Temporal relationships between systemic lupus erythematosus and comorbidities.

Familial aggregation and heritability of type 1 diabetes mellitus and coaggregation of chronic diseases in affected families (2018)
Journal Article
Kuo, C., Chou, I., Grainge, M., Luo, S., See, L., Yu, K., …Valdes, A. (2018). Familial aggregation and heritability of type 1 diabetes mellitus and coaggregation of chronic diseases in affected families. Clinical Epidemiology, 10, 1447-1455. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S172207

Purpose: To estimate the extent of familial aggregation of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and coaggregation of related chronic diseases and assess the relative contribution of environmental and genetic factors on the risks.
Patients and methods: This popula... Read More about Familial aggregation and heritability of type 1 diabetes mellitus and coaggregation of chronic diseases in affected families.

Urate-lowering treatment and risk of total joint replacement in patients with gout (2018)
Journal Article
Kuo, C.-F., Chou, I.-J., See, L.-C., Chen, J.-S., Yu, K.-H., Luo, S.-F., …Doherty, M. (2018). Urate-lowering treatment and risk of total joint replacement in patients with gout. Rheumatology, 57(12), 2129-2139. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/key212

Objectives: To examine whether gout is an independent risk factor for total joint replacement (TJR) and whether urate-lowering treatment (ULT) reduces this risk.
Methods: Using the Taiwan National Health Insurance database and the UK Clinical Pract... Read More about Urate-lowering treatment and risk of total joint replacement in patients with gout.

Prediction of persistent knee pain by pressure pain detection thresholds: results from the Knee Pain In the Community cohort (KPIC) (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McWilliams, D. F., Frowd, N., Marshall, L., Stocks, J., Sarmanova, A., Fernandes, G. S., Hall, M. C., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., & Walsh, D. A. Prediction of persistent knee pain by pressure pain detection thresholds: results from the Knee Pain In the Community cohort (KPIC). Presented at EULAR 2018 (Annual European Congress of Rheumatology)

Background:
Knee pain results from a combination of nociceptive input from the joint, and processing by the central nervous system. Pressure pain detection thresholds (PPTs) are lower and pain is more severe in people with greater central sensitisat... Read More about Prediction of persistent knee pain by pressure pain detection thresholds: results from the Knee Pain In the Community cohort (KPIC).