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Comparative effectiveness of different placebos and comparator groups for hand osteoarthritis exploring the impact of contextual factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials (2024)
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Balsby, I. M., Nielsen, S. M., Christensen, R., Henriksen, M., Dahl, L. U.-M., Berg, J. I., …Døssing, A. (2024). Comparative effectiveness of different placebos and comparator groups for hand osteoarthritis exploring the impact of contextual factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 32(7), 848-857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.02.947

Objective: To examine the pain relief effects of comparators (placebos and untreated control groups) in hand osteoarthritis trials and the impact of contextual factors. Methods: We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE and CENTRAL from inception to... Read More about Comparative effectiveness of different placebos and comparator groups for hand osteoarthritis exploring the impact of contextual factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials.

Association Between Hyperuricemia and Ultrasound-Detected Hand Synovitis (2024)
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Jiang, T., Weng, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Sarmanova, A., Yang, Z., Yang, T., Li, J., Liu, K., Wang, Y., Obotiba, A. D., Zeng, C., Lei, G., & Wei, J. (2024). Association Between Hyperuricemia and Ultrasound-Detected Hand Synovitis. Arthritis Care and Research, https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25342

Objective Although hand synovitis is prevalent in the older population, the etiology remains unclear. Hyperuricemia, a modifiable metabolic disorder, may serve as an underlying mechanism of hand synovitis, but little is known about their relationshi... Read More about Association Between Hyperuricemia and Ultrasound-Detected Hand Synovitis.

Melatonin is a potential novel analgesic agent for osteoarthritis: Evidence from cohort studies in humans and preclinical research in rats (2024)
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Li, H., Zhou, B., Wu, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Deng, X., Wang, N., Xie, D., Wang, Y., Xie, H., Li, C., Wei, J., Lei, G., & Zeng, C. (2024). Melatonin is a potential novel analgesic agent for osteoarthritis: Evidence from cohort studies in humans and preclinical research in rats. Journal of Pineal Research, 76(2), Article e12945. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpi.12945

Melatonin exhibits potential for pain relief and long-term safety profile. We examined the analgesic effects of oral melatonin on osteoarthritis (OA) and investigated the underlying mechanism. Using data from a UK primary care database, we conducted... Read More about Melatonin is a potential novel analgesic agent for osteoarthritis: Evidence from cohort studies in humans and preclinical research in rats.

Gut-joint axis in knee synovitis: gut fungal dysbiosis and altered fungi–bacteria correlation network identified in a community-based study (2023)
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Jiang, T., Liu, K., Li, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., …Zeng, C. (2023). Gut-joint axis in knee synovitis: gut fungal dysbiosis and altered fungi–bacteria correlation network identified in a community-based study. RMD Open, 9(4), Article e003529. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003529

Objectives: Knee synovitis is a highly prevalent and potentially curable condition for knee pain; however, its pathogenesis remains unclear. We sought to assess the associations of the gut fungal microbiota and the fungi–bacteria correlation network... Read More about Gut-joint axis in knee synovitis: gut fungal dysbiosis and altered fungi–bacteria correlation network identified in a community-based study.

Association between hyperuricaemia and hand osteoarthritis: data from the Xiangya Osteoarthritis Study (2023)
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Zhu, Y., Li, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Yang, Z., …Wei, J. (2023). Association between hyperuricaemia and hand osteoarthritis: data from the Xiangya Osteoarthritis Study. RMD Open, 9(4), Article e003683. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003683

Objective The pathogenesis of hand osteoarthritis (OA) remains unknown. Hyperuricaemia, which is related to inflammation, may play a role in hand OA, but evidence is lacking. In a large population-based study, we examined the association between hyp... Read More about Association between hyperuricaemia and hand osteoarthritis: data from the Xiangya Osteoarthritis Study.

Association between gut microbiome-related metabolites and symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in two independent cohorts (2023)
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Wei, J., Yang, Z., Li, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., …Zeng, C. (2023). Association between gut microbiome-related metabolites and symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in two independent cohorts. EBioMedicine, 98, Article 104892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104892

Background: Since gut microbiome dysbiosis can cause inflammatory disorders by affecting host metabolism, we postulate that the gut microbiome and related metabolites could play a role in hand osteoarthritis. We characterised gut microbiome-related m... Read More about Association between gut microbiome-related metabolites and symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in two independent cohorts.

Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study (2023)
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Thompson, W., Swain, S., Zhao, S. S., Kamps, A., Coupland, C., Kuo, C., …Zhang, W. (2023). Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5(4), Article 100414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100414

Objective To investigate the causal association between Osteoarthritis (OA) and five comorbidities: depression, tiredness, multisite chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gout.... Read More about Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study.

Associations of Muscle Strength with Central Aspects of Pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort (2023)
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McWilliams, D. F., Yue, B., Smith, S. L., Stocks, J., Doherty, M., Valdes, A. M., …Walsh, D. A. (2023). Associations of Muscle Strength with Central Aspects of Pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13(10), Article 1450. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13101450

Knee pain is associated with lower muscle strength, and both contribute to disability. Peripheral and central neurological mechanisms contribute to OA pain. Understanding the relative contributions of pain mechanisms to muscle strength might help fut... Read More about Associations of Muscle Strength with Central Aspects of Pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort.

Heading Frequency and Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Retired Male Professional Soccer Players (2023)
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Espahbodi, S., Hogervorst, E., Macnab, T. P., Thanoon, A., Fernandes, G. S., Millar, B., …Zhang, W. (2023). Heading Frequency and Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Retired Male Professional Soccer Players. JAMA Network Open, 6(7), Article e2323822. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23822

Importance Although professional soccer players appear to be at higher risk of neurodegenerative disease, the reason remains unknown. Objective To examine whether heading frequency is associated with risk of cognitive impairment in retired profe... Read More about Heading Frequency and Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Retired Male Professional Soccer Players.

Comorbidity in incident osteoarthritis cases and matched controls using electronic health record data (2023)
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Kamps, A., Runhaar, J., de Ridder, M. A., de Wilde, M., van der Lei, J., Zhang, W., …Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M. (2023). Comorbidity in incident osteoarthritis cases and matched controls using electronic health record data. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 25(1), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-023-03086-8

Background: Comorbidities are common in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). This study aimed to determine the association of a wide range of previously diagnosed comorbidities in adults with newly diagnosed OA compared with matched controls without OA... Read More about Comorbidity in incident osteoarthritis cases and matched controls using electronic health record data.

Cognitive Impairment and Self-Reported Dementia in UK Retired Professional Soccer Players: A Cross Sectional Comparative Study (2023)
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Macnab, T. P., Espahbodi, S., Hogervorst, E., Thanoon, A., Fernandes, G. S., Millar, B., …Zhang, W. (2023). Cognitive Impairment and Self-Reported Dementia in UK Retired Professional Soccer Players: A Cross Sectional Comparative Study. Sports Medicine - Open, 9, Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00588-2

Background Previous studies based on death certificates have found professional soccer players were more likely to die with neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether retired professional male... Read More about Cognitive Impairment and Self-Reported Dementia in UK Retired Professional Soccer Players: A Cross Sectional Comparative Study.

Serum Metabolome Analysis Identified Amino-Acid Metabolism Associated With Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis – A Cross-Sectional Study (2023)
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Mehta, O., Vijay, A., Gohir, S. A., Kelly, T., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., …Valdes, A. M. (2023). Serum Metabolome Analysis Identified Amino-Acid Metabolism Associated With Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis – A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2023.02.023

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common arthritis affecting synovial joints such as knees and hips of millions of people globally. Usage-related joint pain and reduced function are the most common symptoms experienced by people with OA. To improve pai... Read More about Serum Metabolome Analysis Identified Amino-Acid Metabolism Associated With Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis – A Cross-Sectional Study.

Classification of patients with osteoarthritis through clusters of comorbidities using 633 330 individuals from Spain (2023)
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Pineda-Moncusí, M., Dernie, F., Dell’Isola, A., Kamps, A., Runhaar, J., Swain, S., …Khalid, S. (2023). Classification of patients with osteoarthritis through clusters of comorbidities using 633 330 individuals from Spain. Rheumatology, 62(11), 3592-3600. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead038

To explore clustering of comorbidities among patients with a new diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA) and estimate the 10-year mortality risk for each identified cluster. This is a population-based cohort study of individuals with first incident diagnosi... Read More about Classification of patients with osteoarthritis through clusters of comorbidities using 633 330 individuals from Spain.

Occurrence of comorbidity following osteoarthritis diagnosis: a cohort study in the Netherlands (2022)
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Kamps, A., Runhaar, J., de Ridder, M. A., de Wilde, M., van der Lei, J., Zhang, W., …Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M. (2023). Occurrence of comorbidity following osteoarthritis diagnosis: a cohort study in the Netherlands. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 31(4), 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2022.12.003

Objective To determine the risk of comorbidity following diagnosis of knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA). Design A cohort study was conducted using the Integrated P... Read More about Occurrence of comorbidity following osteoarthritis diagnosis: a cohort study in the Netherlands.

Risk of Comorbidities Following Physician‐Diagnosed Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis: A Register‐Based Cohort Study (2022)
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Dell'Isola, A., Pihl, K., Turkiewicz, A., Hughes, V., Zhang, W., Bierma-Zeinstra, S., …Englund, M. (2022). Risk of Comorbidities Following Physician‐Diagnosed Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis: A Register‐Based Cohort Study. Arthritis Care and Research, 74(10), 1689-1695. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24717

Objective: To estimate the risk of developing comorbidities in patients after physician-diagnosed knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: This was a cohort study using Swedish longitudinal health care register data; we studied residents in the Skån... Read More about Risk of Comorbidities Following Physician‐Diagnosed Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis: A Register‐Based Cohort Study.

Gut dysbiosis in rheumatic diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 92 observational studies (2022)
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Wang, Y., Wei, J., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Zhang, Y., Xie, H., …Zeng, C. (2022). Gut dysbiosis in rheumatic diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 92 observational studies. EBioMedicine, 80, Article 104055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104055

Background: Emerging evidence suggests that dysbiosis in gut microbiota may contribute to the occurrence or development of several rheumatic diseases. Since gut microbiota dysbiosis is potentially modifiable, it has been postulated to be a promising... Read More about Gut dysbiosis in rheumatic diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 92 observational studies.

Comorbidities in osteoarthritis (ComOA): a combined cross-sectional, case–control and cohort study using large electronic health records in four European countries (2022)
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Swain, S., Kamps, A., Runhaar, J., Dell ‘Isola, A., Turkiewicz, A., Robinson, D., …Zhang, W. (2022). Comorbidities in osteoarthritis (ComOA): a combined cross-sectional, case–control and cohort study using large electronic health records in four European countries. BMJ Open, 12(4), Article e052816. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052816

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the leading chronic conditions in the older population. People with OA are more likely to have one or more other chronic conditions than those without. However, the temporal associations, clusters of the co... Read More about Comorbidities in osteoarthritis (ComOA): a combined cross-sectional, case–control and cohort study using large electronic health records in four European countries.

Foot and ankle Osteoarthritis and Cognitive impairment in retired UK Soccer players (FOCUS): protocol for a cross-sectional comparative study with general population controls (2022)
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Espahbodi, S., Fernandes, G., Hogervorst, E., Thanoon, A., Batt, M., Fuller, C. W., …Zhang, W. (2022). Foot and ankle Osteoarthritis and Cognitive impairment in retired UK Soccer players (FOCUS): protocol for a cross-sectional comparative study with general population controls. BMJ Open, 12(4), Article e054371. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054371

INTRODUCTION: Professional footballers commonly experience sports-related injury and repetitive microtrauma to the foot and ankle, placing them at risk of subsequent chronic pain and osteoarthritis (OA) of the foot and ankle. Similarly, repeated head... Read More about Foot and ankle Osteoarthritis and Cognitive impairment in retired UK Soccer players (FOCUS): protocol for a cross-sectional comparative study with general population controls.

A comparative analysis of multidimensional computerized adaptive testing for the DASH and QuickDASH scores in Dupuytren’s disease (2022)
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Harrison, C., Clelland, A. D., Davis, T. R., Scammell, B. E., Zhang, W., Russell, P., …Rodrigues, J. (2022). A comparative analysis of multidimensional computerized adaptive testing for the DASH and QuickDASH scores in Dupuytren’s disease. Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), 47(7), 750-754. https://doi.org/10.1177/17531934221081803

The QuickDASH is a short-form version of the DASH questionnaire, the most widely used patient-reported outcome measure in hand surgery. Multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) can produce shorter and more precise testing than static sho... Read More about A comparative analysis of multidimensional computerized adaptive testing for the DASH and QuickDASH scores in Dupuytren’s disease.