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The associations between indices of patellofemoral geometry and knee pain and patella cartilage volume: a cross-sectional studyStephanie K Tanamas
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:87. 2010..The aim of this cross-sectional study was to describe the relationships between parameters of patellofemoral geometry (patella inclination, sulcus angle and patella height) and knee pain and patella cartilage volume...- Total cholesterol and triglycerides are associated with the development of new bone marrow lesions in asymptomatic middle-aged women - a prospective cohort studyMiranda L Davies-Tuck
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, 89 Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 11:R181. 2009.... - Relationship between body adiposity measures and risk of primary knee and hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort studyYuanyuan Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 11:R31. 2009..It is unknown whether the adipose mass and the distribution of adipose mass are associated with the risk of primary knee and hip replacement for osteoarthritis. The aim of the present investigation was to examine this in a cohort study... - High sensitivity C-reactive protein is associated with lower tibial cartilage volume but not lower patella cartilage volume in healthy women at mid-lifeFahad S Hanna
Women s Health Program, Department of Medicine, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 10:R27. 2008..The aim of this study was to determine whether serum levels of hsCRP are associated with the variation in tibial and patella cartilage volumes in women without evidence of OA... - Effect of antioxidants on knee cartilage and bone in healthy, middle-aged subjects: a cross-sectional studyYuanyuan Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 9:R66. 2007..While our findings need to be confirmed by longitudinal studies, they highlight the potential of the diet to modify the risk of osteoarthritis... - Dietary fatty acid intake affects the risk of developing bone marrow lesions in healthy middle-aged adults without clinical knee osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort studyYuanyuan Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 11:R63. 2009..The aim of this study was to examine the association between fatty acid consumption and the incidence of BMLs in healthy middle-aged adults without clinical knee OA... - Association between meniscal tears and the peak external knee adduction moment and foot rotation during level walking in postmenopausal women without knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional studyMiranda L Davies-Tuck
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, 89 Commercial Road, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 10:R58. 2008..Joint loading mediated via gait parameters may be associated with meniscal tears, and determining whether such an association exists was the aim of this study... - What is the clinical and ethical importance of incidental abnormalities found by knee MRI?Rebecca Grainger
Department of Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago, 23A Mein St, Newtown, Wellington South 6021, New Zealand
Arthritis Res Ther 10:R18. 2008..The prevalence of incidental, potentially clinically significant abnormalities identified by MRI and their clinical significance in a population undergoing knee MRI in research studies are unknown... - Reduced rates of primary joint replacement for osteoarthritis in Italian and Greek migrants to Australia: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort StudyYuanyuan Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 11:R86. 2009..The aim of this study was to compare the rates of primary joint replacement for osteoarthritis for Italian and Greek migrants to Australia and Australian-born individuals... - The association between subchondral bone cysts and tibial cartilage volume and risk of joint replacement in people with knee osteoarthritis: a longitudinal studyStephanie K Tanamas
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 12:R58. 2010.... - Development of bone marrow lesions is associated with adverse effects on knee cartilage while resolution is associated with improvement--a potential target for prevention of knee osteoarthritis: a longitudinal studyMiranda L Davies-Tuck
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 12:R10. 2010..To examine the relationship between development or resolution of bone marrow lesions (BMLs) and knee cartilage properties in a 2 year prospective study of asymptomatic middle-aged adults... - Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is positively associated with patella cartilage and bone volumes in a pain-free community-based populationPatricia A Berry
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Central and Eastern Clinical School, Melbourne, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 10:R143. 2008..The aim of this study was to examine potential determinants of vastus medialis and lateralis cross-sectional areas and the relationship between the cross-sectional area and patella cartilage and bone volumes... - The determinants of change in tibial plateau bone area in osteoarthritic knees: a cohort studyYuanyuan Wang
Department of Epidemiology and PreventiveMedicine, Monash UniversityMedical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VIC 3181, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 7:R687-93. 2005..The role of subchondral bone change in the pathogenesis of knee OA will need to be determined but may be one explanation for the mechanism of action of risk factors such as body mass index on knee OA... - Factors that may mediate the relationship between physical activity and the risk for developing knee osteoarthritisDonna M Urquhart
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 10:203. 2008..Recommendations for future studies of physical activity and the development of knee osteoarthritis are discussed... - Knee cartilage loss in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis over 4.5 yearsAnita E Wluka
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University-Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 8:R90. 2006..This may enable the prediction of cartilage change in an individual. The only significant factor affecting the loss of medial tibial cartilage was baseline knee pain, possibly through altered joint loading... 
Menopause, oestrogens and arthritisA E Wluka
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Hospital, 3181, Prahran, Vic, Australia
Maturitas 35:183-99. 2000....
Bone marrow lesions predict increase in knee cartilage defects and loss of cartilage volume in middle-aged women without knee pain over 2 yearsA E Wluka
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 68:850-5. 2009..Bone marrow lesions (BML) are important in established knee osteoarthritis, predicting pain and progression of disease. Whether BML are also associated with longitudinal changes in knee structure in an asymptomatic population is unknown...- Post-cardiac transplantation gout: incidence of therapeutic complicationsA E Wluka
Rheumatology Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
J Heart Lung Transplant 19:951-6. 2000..To study the clinical impact of gout treatment following cardiac transplantation... - Bone marrow lesions predict progression of cartilage defects and loss of cartilage volume in healthy middle-aged adults without knee pain over 2 yrsA E Wluka
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:1392-6. 2008..In knee OA, the presence of bone marrow lesions (BMLs) predicts pain and progression of disease. Their occurrence has been described in healthy, pain-free subjects, but whether their presence affects change in cartilage is unknown... - The natural history of cartilage defects in people with knee osteoarthritisM L Davies-Tuck
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 16:337-42. 2008..The aim of this study was to examine the progression of cartilage defects over 2 years in people with knee OA and to identify factors associated with progression... - The natural history of bone marrow lesions in community-based adults with no clinical knee osteoarthritisM L Davies-Tuck
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 68:904-8. 2009..This study in a healthy, pain-free population aimed to examine the natural history of BML; factors associated with incidence and progression of BML over 2 years and whether incident BML are associated with the development of pain... - The relationship between the angle of the trochlear groove and patella cartilage and bone morphology--a cross-sectional study of healthy adultsA J Teichtahl
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15:1158-62. 2007..This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between the shape of the trochlear groove and patella cartilage and bone morphology in healthy adults... - The determinants of change in patella cartilage volume--a cohort study of healthy middle-aged womenS P Wijayaratne
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia
Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:1426-9. 2008..The aim of this study was to explore the determinants of change in patella cartilage volume over 2 yrs among healthy middle-aged women with no clinical knee OA... - Obesity and adiposity are associated with the rate of patella cartilage volume loss over 2 years in adults without knee osteoarthritisA J Teichtahl
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 68:909-13. 2009..The aim of this study was to determine whether measures of obesity and adiposity are associated with the rate of patella cartilage volume loss in healthy adults... - Meniscal tear and increased tibial plateau bone area in healthy post-menopausal womenM L Davies-Tuck
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 16:268-71. 2008.... - A study of the prevalence and associations of subchondral bone marrow lesions in the knees of healthy, middle-aged womenE Guymer
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15:1437-42. 2007..The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for BMLs in healthy subjects and the association of BMLs with knee structure... - Factors affecting patella cartilage and bone in middle-aged womenF S Hanna
Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Arthritis Rheum 57:272-8. 2007..To evaluate the effects of age, physical activity, and body mass index (BMI) on patella cartilage volume and defects and bone volume in middle-aged women without knee pain... - Users of oestrogen replacement therapy have more knee cartilage than non-usersA E Wluka
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 60:332-6. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: After adjustment for multiple confounders, women using long term ERT have more knee cartilage than controls. This may indicate that ERT prevents loss of knee articular cartilage... - Factors affecting progression of knee cartilage defects in normal subjects over 2 yearsY Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia
Rheumatology (Oxford) 45:79-84. 2006..Male gender and baseline cartilage defect score were the main factors associated with the progression of cartilage defects. Larger studies will be required to identify factors associated with the progression and regression of lesions... - Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is associated with patella cartilage defects and bone volume in healthy womenP A Berry
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 16:956-60. 2008..The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the relationship between the vasti muscles and patella cartilage volume and defects and patella bone volume... - Sagittal plane movement at the tibiofemoral joint influences patellofemoral joint structure in healthy adult womenA J Teichtahl
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 14:331-6. 2006..These results may have important implications for people who hyperextend their knee during gait and the pathogenesis of patellofemoral osteoarthritis... - Tibial and femoral cartilage changes in knee osteoarthritisF M Cicuttini
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 60:977-80. 2001.... - The relationship between endogenous testosterone, preandrogens, and sex hormone binding globulin and knee joint structure in women at midlifeF S Hanna
Women s Health Program, Department of Medicine, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Semin Arthritis Rheum 37:56-62. 2007..To evaluate the relationship between serum testosterone (T), preandrogens and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), and the knee structure in middle-aged women without knee pain... - Effect of fatty acids on bone marrow lesions and knee cartilage in healthy, middle-aged subjects without clinical knee osteoarthritisY Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 16:579-83. 2008..However, little work has been done to investigate the effect of fatty acids on bone marrow lesions and knee cartilage in healthy subjects. We examined this in a cohort of healthy middle-aged subjects without clinical knee OA... - Femoral sulcus angle and increased patella facet cartilage volume in an osteoarthritic populationM Davies-Tuck
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 16:131-5. 2008..The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the femoral sulcus angle at baseline and patella cartilage volume at baseline and at 2-year follow-up among community based adults with established knee OA... - Tibial cartilage volume change in healthy postmenopausal women: a longitudinal studyA E Wluka
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 63:444-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Mean tibial cartilage volume loss in healthy postmenopausal women is between 1.5% and 3.2% a year. Whether this rate of change is similar throughout adult life or in men will require further investigation... - Comparison between patella cartilage volume and radiological assessment of the patellofemoral jointF M Cicuttini
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Vic, Australia
Clin Exp Rheumatol 21:321-6. 2003..In this study we compared patella cartilage volume as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with radiological assessment of the patellofemoral joint... - A positive association of smoking and articular knee joint cartilage in healthy peopleT L Racunica
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15:587-90. 2007..To determine whether smoking affects knee cartilage in healthy adults by examining the association of tobacco use with tibial cartilage volume and tibiofemoral cartilage defects... - Static knee alignment and its association with radiographic knee osteoarthritisA J Teichtahl
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 14:958-62. 2006..Further work is required to determine whether interventions aimed at correcting these relatively minor levels of varus and valgus angulation will have an effect on the risk of tibiofemoral OA... - Change in knee angle influences the rate of medial tibial cartilage volume loss in knee osteoarthritisA J Teichtahl
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 17:8-11. 2009..The aim of this study was to determine whether change in knee alignment between baseline and 2 years is associated with a change in knee cartilage volume in knee OA in the subsequent 2.5 years... - Tibial plateau size is related to grade of joint space narrowing and osteophytes in healthy women and in women with osteoarthritisA E Wluka
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University-Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 64:1033-7. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: With increasing severity of radiographic knee osteoarthritis, tibial plateau size increases. Whether this bone increase plays a role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis remains to be determined... - Factors affecting tibial plateau expansion in healthy women over 2.5 years: a longitudinal studyY Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 14:1258-64. 2006..Further work will be needed to determine the effect of subchondral bone change in the pathogenesis of knee OA... - Frontal plane knee alignment is associated with a longitudinal reduction in patella cartilage volume in people with knee osteoarthritisA J Teichtahl
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 16:851-4. 2008..The aim of this study was to determine the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between frontal plane knee alignment and patella cartilage volume in people with knee OA... - Association between socioeconomic status and bone mineral density in adults: a systematic reviewS L Brennan
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Victoria, Australia
Osteoporos Int 22:517-27. 2011..Further research is required to build upon the current paucity of data examining influences of socioeconomic status (SES) on BMD, especially in men... - The effect of the knee adduction moment on tibial cartilage volume and bone size in healthy womenB D Jackson
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia
Rheumatology (Oxford) 43:311-4. 2004..It may be that the effect of the knee adduction moment differs in healthy subjects compared with those with established knee OA... - How does tibial cartilage volume relate to symptoms in subjects with knee osteoarthritis?A E Wluka
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, 3181, Victoria, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 63:264-8. 2004..No consistent relationship between the severity of symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and radiographic change has been demonstrated... - Imaging of knee osteoarthritisA J Teichtahl
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 22:1061-74. 2008..This chapter will examine imaging modalities in the assessment of knee OA, and the impact of these on our understanding of the pathogenesis of this disease... - Rate of cartilage loss at two years predicts subsequent total knee arthroplasty: a prospective studyF M Cicuttini
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 63:1124-7. 2004..To determine whether cartilage volume loss is an independent predictor of knee replacement... - Reviewing knee osteoarthritis--a biomechanical perspectiveB D Jackson
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 7:347-57. 2004.... - Factors influencing longitudinal change in knee cartilage volume measured from magnetic resonance imaging in healthy menF Hanna
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University - Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Ann Rheum Dis 64:1038-42. 2005..057). CONCLUSIONS: Further studies will be required to determine whether hormonal manipulation or treatment with antiresorptive drugs will reduce the risk of knee osteoarthritis in men in later life... - Longitudinal study of changes in tibial and femoral cartilage in knee osteoarthritisF M Cicuttini
Monash University Medical School and Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Arthritis Rheum 50:94-7. 2004.... - The clinical correlates of articular cartilage defects in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a prospective studyA E Wluka
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Rheumatology (Oxford) 44:1311-6. 2005..6, 22.3), independently of potential confounders. CONCLUSIONS: Articular cartilage defects are associated with disease severity in knee OA and predict patellar cartilage loss and knee replacement... - Effect of estrogen replacement therapy on patella cartilage in healthy womenF M Cicuttini
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Clin Exp Rheumatol 21:79-82. 2003..However, the effect on patellofemoral OA is unknown. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that long term ERT (greater than 5 years) is associated with increased patella cartilage in post menopausal women... - Physician diagnosed arthritis, reported arthritis and radiological non-axial osteoarthritisC E I Szoeke
Office for Gender and Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 16:846-50. 2008..To determine the question that best predicts radiographic evidence of non-axial osteoarthritis (OA)... - Obesity and the female sex, risk factors for knee osteoarthritis that may be attributable to systemic or local leptin biosynthesis and its cellular effectsA J Teichtahl
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
Med Hypotheses 65:312-5. 2005..This paper hypothesizes that leptin may be an unexamined systemic or local factor that may mediate the metabolic link between obesity and OA and partially account for the gender disparity toward the disease... - Bone mineral density is cross sectionally associated with cartilage volume in healthy, asymptomatic adult females: Geelong Osteoporosis StudyS L Brennan
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3000, Australia
Bone 49:839-44. 2011..The aim of this study was to determine the associations between BMD at eight skeletal sites, and knee structure in asymptomatic young to middle-aged females without any clinical signs of OA... - Obesity: a preventable risk factor for large joint osteoarthritis which may act through biomechanical factorsA Powell
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Br J Sports Med 39:4-5. 2005..Obesity is the main preventable risk factor that has been identified. Given that obesity is modifiable by conservative treatment such as weight loss, its potential importance in reducing the incidence of OA cannot be underestimated... - A comparison of gait patterns between the offspring of people with medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis and normal controlsA J Teichtahl
School of Physiotherapy, School of Human Biosciences, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
Clin Exp Rheumatol 21:421-3. 2003.... - Comparison of tibial cartilage volume and radiologic grade of the tibiofemoral jointF M Cicuttini
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Arthritis Rheum 48:682-8. 2003..To compare tibial cartilage volume as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with radiologic assessment of the tibiofemoral joint... - The management of scaphold fracturesS Brooks
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 8:181-9. 2005..The most appropriate method of cast immobilisation is presently unclear but evidence exists for improved clinical outcomes in those that have both the thumb and elbow immobilised for the first six weeks... - Cost effectiveness of adding magnetic resonance imaging to the usual management of suspected scaphoid fracturesS Brooks
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Br J Sports Med 39:75-9. 2005..Healthcare costs increased non-significantly in relation to the use of MRI in this setting. However, when productivity losses are considered, MRI may be considered cost effective, depending on the individual case... - The association between socioeconomic status and osteoporotic fracture in population-based adults: a systematic reviewS L Brennan
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Osteoporos Int 20:1487-97. 2009..Further research is required to elucidate the issue and any underlying mechanisms as a necessary precursor to considering intervention implications... - What effect do dietary antioxidants have on the symptoms and structural progression of knee osteoarthritis over two years?Y Wang
Clin Exp Rheumatol 24:213-4. 2006 - Relationship between the area of cartilage shown on the magnetic resonance imaging middle-slice image of the medial and lateral tibial cartilages with cartilage volume and grade of osteoarthritis over timeM Dashti
School of Medical Sciences, RMIT-University
Scand J Rheumatol 33:87-93. 2004..However, before it can be widely used, further investigation will be required... - Foot rotation--a potential target to modify the knee adduction momentA J Teichtahl
La Trobe University, Vic. 3086, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 9:67-71. 2006..This result implies that changes in foot kinematics can modify the medial tibiofemoral load during gait, which may be important in the prevention and management of knee osteoarthritis...