W Zhang

Summary

Affiliation: University of Nottingham
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi EULAR evidence based recommendations for the management of hip osteoarthritis: report of a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 64:669-81. 2005
  2. ncbi EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of hand osteoarthritis: report of a task force of ESCISIT
    W Zhang
    Dr W Zhang, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:8-17. 2009
  3. ncbi Performing meta-analysis with incomplete statistical information in clinical trials
    Jianbing Ma
    School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK
    BMC Med Res Methodol 8:56. 2008
  4. ncbi Development and validation of self-reported line drawings for assessment of knee malalignment and foot rotation: a cross-sectional comparative study
    Sarah L Ingham
    Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    BMC Med Res Methodol 10:57. 2010
  5. ncbi OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: part III: Changes in evidence following systematic cumulative update of research published through January 2009
    W Zhang
    Nottingham City Hospital, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:476-99. 2010
  6. ncbi EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 69:483-9. 2010
  7. ncbi Does paracetamol (acetaminophen) reduce the pain of osteoarthritis? A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 63:901-7. 2004
  8. ncbi The placebo effect and its determinants in osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 67:1716-23. 2008
  9. ncbi EULAR evidence based recommendations for gout. Part II: Management. Report of a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:1312-24. 2006
  10. ncbi EULAR evidence based recommendations for gout. Part I: Diagnosis. Report of a task force of the Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:1301-11. 2006

Detail Information

Publications54

  1. ncbi EULAR evidence based recommendations for the management of hip osteoarthritis: report of a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 64:669-81. 2005
    ..The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of these recommendations were evaluated and the strength of recommendation was scored...
  2. ncbi EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of hand osteoarthritis: report of a task force of ESCISIT
    W Zhang
    Dr W Zhang, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:8-17. 2009
    ..To develop evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of hand osteoarthritis (OA)...
  3. ncbi Performing meta-analysis with incomplete statistical information in clinical trials
    Jianbing Ma
    School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK
    BMC Med Res Methodol 8:56. 2008
    ..A merging method is also proposed to handle clinical trials with partial information to simulate meta-analysis...
  4. ncbi Development and validation of self-reported line drawings for assessment of knee malalignment and foot rotation: a cross-sectional comparative study
    Sarah L Ingham
    Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    BMC Med Res Methodol 10:57. 2010
    ..The study objectives were to develop and validate two novel instruments for self-reported knee malalignment and foot rotation suitable for use in questionnaire studies of knee pain and osteoarthritis...
  5. ncbi OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: part III: Changes in evidence following systematic cumulative update of research published through January 2009
    W Zhang
    Nottingham City Hospital, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:476-99. 2010
    ..To update evidence for available therapies in the treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to examine whether research evidence has changed from 31 January 2006 to 31 January 2009...
  6. ncbi EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 69:483-9. 2010
    ..To develop evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis (OA)...
  7. ncbi Does paracetamol (acetaminophen) reduce the pain of osteoarthritis? A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 63:901-7. 2004
    ..To assess the best available evidence for efficacy of paracetamol (acetaminophen) in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA)...
  8. ncbi The placebo effect and its determinants in osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 67:1716-23. 2008
    ....
  9. ncbi EULAR evidence based recommendations for gout. Part II: Management. Report of a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:1312-24. 2006
    ..To develop evidence based recommendations for the management of gout...
  10. ncbi EULAR evidence based recommendations for gout. Part I: Diagnosis. Report of a task force of the Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:1301-11. 2006
    ..To develop evidence based recommendations for the diagnosis of gout...
  11. ncbi EULAR evidence based recommendations for the management of hand osteoarthritis: report of a Task Force of the EULAR Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 66:377-88. 2007
    ..To develop evidence based recommendations for the management of hand osteoarthritis (OA)...
  12. ncbi European League Against Rheumatism recommendations for calcium pyrophosphate deposition. Part I: terminology and diagnosis
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 70:563-70. 2011
    ..To agree terminology and to develop recommendations for the diagnosis of calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD)...
  13. ncbi Relative risk of knee chondrocalcinosis in siblings of index cases with pyrophosphate arthropathy
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 63:969-73. 2004
    ..To examine the genetic contribution to common, apparently sporadic, radiographic knee chondrocalcinosis (CC) and pyrophosphate arthropathy (PA)...
  14. ncbi Nottingham knee osteoarthritis risk prediction models
    Weiya Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 70:1599-604. 2011
    ..1) To develop risk prediction models for knee osteoarthritis (OA) and (2) to estimate the risk reduction that results from modification of potential risk factors...
  15. ncbi EULAR recommendations for calcium pyrophosphate deposition. Part II: management
    W Zhang
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 70:571-5. 2011
    ..To develop evidence-based recommendations for management of calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD)...
  16. ncbi Index to ring finger length ratio and the risk of osteoarthritis
    W Zhang
    University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
    Arthritis Rheum 58:137-44. 2008
    ..To determine the relationship between the index to ring finger (2D:4D) length ratio and the risk of knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA)...
  17. ncbi Lifetime body mass index, other anthropometric measures of obesity and risk of knee or hip osteoarthritis in the GOAL case-control study
    K L Holliday
    Public Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:37-43. 2011
    ..To examine the risk of large joint osteoarthritis (OA) in those becoming overweight during early adult life, and to assess the risks associated with high body mass index (BMI) and other anthropometric measures of obesity...
  18. ncbi Occupational risk factors for osteoarthritis of the knee: a meta-analysis
    D F McWilliams
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:829-39. 2011
    ..Systematic reviews agree that knee osteoarthritis (OA) is related to occupational activities, but have not quantified the overall risks...
  19. ncbi Evidence-based recommendations for the role of exercise in the management of osteoarthritis of the hip or knee--the MOVE consensus
    E Roddy
    Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 44:67-73. 2005
    ..Many unanswered questions remain, however, concerning the practical delivery of exercise therapy. We have produced evidence-based recommendations to guide health-care practitioners...
  20. ncbi Are hallux valgus and big toe pain associated with impaired quality of life? A cross-sectional study
    A Abhishek
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:923-6. 2010
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  21. ncbi Incident knee pain in the Nottingham community: a 12-year retrospective cohort study
    S L Ingham
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG7 1PB, UK
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:847-52. 2011
    ..To determine the community incidence of knee pain and associated risk factors over a 12-year period in people over the age of 40 years...
  22. ncbi Aerobic walking or strengthening exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee? A systematic review
    E Roddy
    Academic Rheumatology, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 64:544-8. 2005
    ..To compare the efficacy of aerobic walking and home based quadriceps strengthening exercises in patients with knee osteoarthritis...
  23. ncbi Is gout associated with reduced quality of life? A case-control study
    E Roddy
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 46:1441-4. 2007
    ..To compare quality of life (QOL) between gout cases and controls in a primary care population and to investigate whether impaired QOL in gout is secondary to co-morbid factors or to intrinsic factors related to gout itself...
  24. ncbi History of knee injuries and knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of observational studies
    S G Muthuri
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:1286-93. 2011
    ..Our aim was to systematically review the relationship between history of knee injuries and knee OA...
  25. ncbi Validation of a self-report instrument for assessment of hallux valgus
    E Roddy
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15:1008-12. 2007
    ..To validate an instrument for self-reported hallux valgus (HV)...
  26. ncbi Radiographic assessment of the index to ring finger ratio (2D:4D) in adults
    J Robertson
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK
    J Anat 212:42-8. 2008
    ..If radiographs are used for this purpose, we recommend the metacarpal ratio with measurement of a single index hand or an average of both as it is least affected by bias from malpositioning, trauma or common joint disease...
  27. ncbi Relationship between Heberden's nodes and underlying radiographic changes of osteoarthritis
    A Thaper
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 64:1214-6. 2005
    ..47) than JSN (OR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.37 to 1.91). CONCLUSION: There is a positive relationship between HN/BN and underlying radiographic changes of OA, especially OST. Nodes do appear to link pathologically to OA in interphalangeal joints...
  28. ncbi EULAR recommendations for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a critique of the methodology
    W Zhang
    University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    Br J Sports Med 40:664-9. 2006
    ....
  29. ncbi Quantitative sensory testing in painful osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    A K Suokas
    Arthritis Research UK Pain Centre, University of Nottingham, UK
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 20:1075-85. 2012
    ..To systematically review the use of quantitative sensory testing (QST) in pain characterisation (phenotyping) in osteoarthritis (OA)...
  30. ncbi Does smoking protect against osteoarthritis? Meta-analysis of observational studies
    Michelle Hui
    Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 70:1231-7. 2011
    ..To determine whether smoking is protective against the development of osteoarthritis (OA)...
  31. ncbi OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, part I: critical appraisal of existing treatment guidelines and systematic review of current research evidence
    W Zhang
    University of Edinburgh, Osteoarticular Research Group, The Queen s Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15:981-1000. 2007
    ....
  32. ncbi Home based exercise for osteoarthritis
    E Roddy
    Ann Rheum Dis 64:170; author reply 170-1. 2005
  33. ncbi A historic issue of the Annals: three papers examine paracetamol in osteoarthritis
    R Neame
    Department of Rheumatology, King's Mill Hospital, UK
    Ann Rheum Dis 63:897-900. 2004
  34. ncbi OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines
    W Zhang
    University of Edinburgh, Osteoarticular Research Group, The Queen s Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 16:137-62. 2008
    ....
  35. ncbi Host resistance to intracellular infection: mutation of natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 (Nramp1) impairs phagosomal acidification
    D J Hackam
    Division of Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada
    J Exp Med 188:351-64. 1998
    ..bovis or latex beads. These data support the notion that Nramp1 affects intracellular mycobacterial replication by modulating phagosomal pH, suggesting that Nramp1 plays a central role in this process...
  36. ncbi Cortical organization for receptive language functions in Chinese, English, and Spanish: a cross-linguistic MEG study
    C E Valaki
    Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Magnetoencefalografia Dr. Perez Modrego, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Pabellon No. 8, Avendia Complutense, Madrid, Spain
    Neuropsychologia 42:967-79. 2004
    ....
  37. ncbi Protein interaction for an interferon-inducible systemic lupus associated gene, IFIT1
    S Ye
    Shanghai Clinical Centre of Rheumatic Diseases and Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, China
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 42:1155-63. 2003
    ..To identify disease-related genes and immune-regulatory pathways in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by using gene expression profiling and protein-protein interaction analysis...
  38. ncbi Distribution of two HIV-1-resistant polymorphisms (SDF1-3'A and CCR2-64I) in East Asian and world populations and its implication in AIDS epidemiology
    B Su
    Human Genetics Center, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77225, USA
    Am J Hum Genet 65:1047-53. 1999
    ..The relative hazard values were computed to evaluate the risk of AIDS onset on the basis of two-locus genotypes in the east Asian and world populations...
  39. ncbi Effect of long-term exposure to fluoride in drinking water on risks of bone fractures
    Y Li
    Center for Dental Research, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, California 92350, USA
    J Bone Miner Res 16:932-9. 2001
    ..Water fluoride levels at 1.00-1.06 ppm decrease the risk of overall fractures relative to negligible fluoride in water; however, there does not appear to be similar protective benefits for the risk of hip fractures...
  40. ncbi Evaluation of the 1992-1999 World Bank Schistosomiasis Control Project in China
    W Zhang
    Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 7 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
    Acta Trop 85:303-13. 2003
    ..However, the achievement of snail control was not so ideal, which calls for rectification for a more applicable and practical strategy of snail control in China...
  41. ncbi Human cystic echinococcosis in two Mongolian communities in Hobukesar (China) and Bulgan (Mongolia)
    Y Wang
    Department of General Surgery, First Teaching Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830000, PR China
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 99:692-8. 2005
    ..The presence of a Russian dog-dosing programme up to the mid-1980s may explain the lower prevalence of human CE in the Bulgan population; no similar programme operated in the China-administered Hobukesar community...
  42. ncbi Meta-analysis: allopurinol in the prevention of postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis
    Y Bai
    Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
    Aliment Pharmacol Ther 28:557-64. 2008
    ....
  43. ncbi [Italian consensus on EULAR recommendations 2005 for the management of hip osteoarthritis]
    L Punzi
    Cattedra ed Unità Operativa di Reumatologia, Universita di Padova, Italia
    Reumatismo 58:301-9. 2006
    ..Furthermore, the final document of the Italian Consensus clearly indicated the need that the specialists involved in the management of hip OA strongly encourage the dissemination of the EULAR 2005 recommendations also in Italy...
  44. ncbi Polymorphisms of ACE2 gene are associated with essential hypertension and antihypertensive effects of Captopril in women
    X Fan
    Hypertension Division, Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Education and Sino German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
    Clin Pharmacol Ther 82:187-96. 2007
    ..3 mm Hg lower in ACE2 T allele carriers than in CC genotype carriers (P=0.019) in women. We conclude that the ACE2 T allele confers a high risk for hypertension and reduced antihypertensive response to ACE inhibitors...
  45. ncbi The preventive and therapeutic effects of GCPII (NAALADase) inhibition on painful and sensory diabetic neuropathy
    W Zhang
    Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
    J Neurol Sci 247:217-23. 2006
    ..The data suggest that GCP II inhibition may provide a meaningful and effective approach to the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy...
  46. ncbi Volumetric brain changes in females with fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS)
    J S Adams
    M I N D Institute, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
    Neurology 69:851-9. 2007
    ..Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a late-onset neurodegenerative disorder occurring in male and rare female carriers of a premutation expansion (55 to 200 CGG repeats) of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene...
  47. ncbi Cross-species infection of hepatitis E virus in a zoo-like location, including birds
    W Zhang
    School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, PR China
    Epidemiol Infect 136:1020-6. 2008
    ..4%) were seropositive. The findings imply that cross-species infection of HEV had probably occurred in this zoo-like location, and moreover, birds can be infected naturally with mammalian HEV...
  48. ncbi Early defects of GABAergic synapses in the brain stem of a MeCP2 mouse model of Rett syndrome
    L Medrihan
    Center for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Georg August University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
    J Neurophysiol 99:112-21. 2008
    ..These observations mandate the search for more refined diagnostic tools and may provide a rationale for the timing of future therapeutic interventions in Rett patients...
  49. ncbi The relationship between self-rated health, stress, health care, overall quality of life and weight in a rural population
    H V Thommasen
    Community Health Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada
    Eat Weight Disord 10:e66-9. 2005
    ..Alternatively, focussing on secondary medical benefits and self-esteem may be useful...
  50. ncbi Clinical features and outcome of neuropsychiatric lupus in Chinese: analysis of 240 hospitalized patients
    H Q Zhou
    Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
    Lupus 17:93-9. 2008
    ..High SLICC/ACR-DI score and having more than two sets of NP symptoms are the predictors for poor outcome, whereas pulse IVMP and IT injection of MTX plus DXM can improve the prognosis...
  51. ncbi Gout and nodal osteoarthritis: a case-control study
    E Roddy
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:732-3. 2008
  52. ncbi Microsatellite markers associated with resistance to Marek's disease in commercial layer chickens
    J P McElroy
    Department of Animal Science, 2255 Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
    Poult Sci 84:1678-88. 2005
    ..Thus, the present study shows that loci affecting MD resistance can be mapped in commercial layer lines. More comprehensive studies are under way to confirm and extend these results...
  53. ncbi The prevalence of overweight adults living in a rural and remote community. The Bella Coola Valley
    R Bruce Self
    Community Health Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC
    Eat Weight Disord 10:133-8. 2005
    ..Obesity is present in a greater proportion of Aboriginal people. The treatment and prevention of obesity in rural populations of differing ethnicity may need to be individualized...
  54. ncbi Degeneration of the Golgi and neuronal loss in dorsal root ganglia in diabetic BioBreeding/Worcester rats
    H Kamiya
    Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Scott Hall 9275, 540 E. Canfield Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
    Diabetologia 49:2763-74. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: Progressive DRG neuronal loss, particularly of small neurons, occurs in the type 1 diabetic BB/Wor rat. This is associated with neurotrophic withdrawal and progressive degeneration of the Golgi apparatus...