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Common genetic variation in the Estrogen Receptor Beta (ESR2) gene and osteoarthritis: results of a meta-analysisHanneke J M Kerkhof
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Med Genet 11:164. 2010..The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between common genetic variation of the ESR2 gene and osteoarthritis...- Relationship of compartment-specific structural knee status at baseline with change in cartilage morphology: a prospective observational study using data from the osteoarthritis initiativeFelix Eckstein
Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, A5020 Salzburg, Austria
Arthritis Res Ther 11:R90. 2009.... 
Association of prevalent vertebral fractures, bone density, and alendronate treatment with incident vertebral fractures: effect of number and spinal location of fractures. The Fracture Intervention Trial Research GroupM C Nevitt
University of California, Prevention Sciences Group, San Francisco 94105, USA
Bone 25:613-9. 1999..Physicians should recognize that prior vertebral fractures are a strong risk factor for future fractures, and consider treating such patients to reduce their risk of subsequent fractures...- Longitudinal performance evaluation and validation of fixed-flexion radiography of the knee for detection of joint space lossMichael C Nevitt
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Arthritis Rheum 56:1512-20. 2007..We evaluated the ability of the nonfluoroscopically guided fixed-flexion radiography protocol to detect knee joint space loss over 3 years... - Risk factors for a first-incident radiographic vertebral fracture in women > or = 65 years of age: the study of osteoporotic fracturesMichael C Nevitt
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
J Bone Miner Res 20:131-40. 2005..Risk factors and low BMD should be useful to help focus efforts to prevent these fractures... - OMERACT workshop radiography session 1M C Nevitt
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 14:A4-9. 2006 - High systemic bone mineral density increases the risk of incident knee OA and joint space narrowing, but not radiographic progression of existing knee OA: the MOST studyM C Nevitt
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 185 Berry Street, Lobby 4, Suite 5700, San Francisco, CA 94107 1762, USA
Ann Rheum Dis 69:163-8. 2010..The association of BMD with incident and progressive tibiofemoral OA was tested in a large prospective study of men and women aged 50-79 years with or at risk for knee OA... - Obesity outcomes in disease management: clinical outcomes for osteoarthritisMichael C Nevitt
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, 74 New Montgomery Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Obes Res 10:33S-37S. 2002 - Effect of alendronate on limited-activity days and bed-disability days caused by back pain in postmenopausal women with existing vertebral fractures. Fracture Intervention Trial Research GroupM C Nevitt
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 94105, USA
Arch Intern Med 160:77-85. 2000..Women with new vertebral fractures have an increased risk of back pain and functional limitation because of back pain. Alendronate sodium treatment reduces the risk of new vertebral fracture by 50% in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis... - Very low prevalence of hip osteoarthritis among Chinese elderly in Beijing, China, compared with whites in the United States: the Beijing osteoarthritis studyMichael C Nevitt
Prevention Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 94105, USA
Arthritis Rheum 46:1773-9. 2002..To compare the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip among elderly persons in China and the US... - Biochemical markers of bone turnover and their association with bone marrow lesionsDavid J Hunter
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Arthritis Res Ther 10:R102. 2008..Our objective was to determine whether markers of bone resorption and formation could serve as markers for the presence of bone marrow lesions (BMLs)... - Patellar cartilage: T2 values and morphologic abnormalities at 3.0-T MR imaging in relation to physical activity in asymptomatic subjects from the osteoarthritis initiativeChristoph Stehling
Musculoskeletal and Quantitative Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 185 Berry St, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Radiology 254:509-20. 2010..To study the interrelationship between patella cartilage T2 relaxation time, other knee abnormalities, and physical activity levels in asymptomatic subjects from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) incidence cohort... - Progression of radiographic hip osteoarthritis over eight years in a community sample of elderly white womenNancy E Lane
Division of Rheumatology, Box 0868, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Arthritis Rheum 50:1477-86. 2004..To describe progression over 8 years in a community-based sample of elderly women with radiographic findings of hip osteoarthritis (RHOA) with or without hip pain... - Association of nitrate use with risk of new radiographic features of hip osteoarthritis in elderly white women: the study of osteoporotic fracturesNancy E Lane
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Box 0868, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Arthritis Rheum 49:752-8. 2003..To examine the association between nitrate medication use and the development of new radiographic findings of hip osteoarthritis (OA) in elderly women... - BMD at multiple sites and risk of fracture of multiple types: long-term results from the Study of Osteoporotic FracturesKatie L Stone
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
J Bone Miner Res 18:1947-54. 2003..Although we found almost all fracture types to be related to low BMD, the overall proportion of fractures attributable to low BMD is modest... - Increased falling as a risk factor for fracture among older women: the study of osteoporotic fracturesAnn V Schwartz
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:180-5. 2005..An increase in the rate of falls, independent of the average rate, may be associated with a higher risk of frailty (hip and proximal humerus) fractures but not fractures at other sites... - Fetuin-A and incident diabetes mellitus in older personsJoachim H Ix
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, and San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr, Mail Code 111 H, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
JAMA 300:182-8. 2008..In prior cross-sectional studies in humans, higher fetuin-A levels were associated with insulin resistance. However, the longitudinal association of fetuin-A with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus is unknown... - Diabetes and bone loss at the hip in older black and white adultsAnn V Schwartz
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
J Bone Miner Res 20:596-603. 2005.... - Accuracy of self-reported diagnosis of hip replacementNeeta Parimi
San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94107 1728, USA
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:719-24. 2010..To examine the accuracy and validity of self-report of hip replacement for osteoarthritis (OA)... - Older women with diabetes have a higher risk of falls: a prospective studyAnn V Schwartz
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Diabetes Care 25:1749-54. 2002..To determine whether older women with diabetes have an increased risk of falls and whether known risk factors for falls account for any increased risk... - Total and regional adiposity and cognitive change in older adults: The Health, Aging and Body Composition (ABC) studyAlka M Kanaya
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 94115, USA
Arch Neurol 66:329-35. 2009.... - COMT genotype and cognitive function: an 8-year longitudinal study in white and black eldersA J Fiocco
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Neurology 74:1296-302. 2010..Few studies have examined the prospective association between COMT (val(158)met) genotype and cognition in older adults... - A randomized controlled trial of a Chinese herbal remedy to increase energy, memory, sexual function, and quality of life in elderly adults in Beijing, ChinaStephen Bent
Department of Medicine (SB, SC, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Am J Med 115:441-7. 2003..The herbal product was well tolerated. CONCLUSION: Short-term use of a mixture of Chinese herbs was associated with a small benefit in one measure of mental health that is of unclear clinical importance... - Wnt signaling antagonists are potential prognostic biomarkers for the progression of radiographic hip osteoarthritis in elderly Caucasian womenNancy E Lane
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Arthritis Rheum 56:3319-25. 2007..To determine whether serum levels of 2 Wnt signaling antagonists, Frizzled-related protein (FRP) and Dkk-1, are associated with the development and progression of radiographic hip osteoarthritis (RHOA)... - Reduced risk of back pain following teriparatide treatment: a meta-analysisMichael C Nevitt
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Osteoporos Int 17:273-80. 2006..In conclusion, patients randomized to teriparatide had a reduced risk of new or worsening back pain compared to patients randomized to placebo, hormone replacement therapy or alendronate... - Physical activity is associated with magnetic resonance imaging-based knee cartilage T2 measurements in asymptomatic subjects with and those without osteoarthritis risk factorsKeegan K Hovis
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Arthritis Rheum 63:2248-56. 2011.... - Association of statin use and development and progression of hip osteoarthritis in elderly womenMary S Beattie
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
J Rheumatol 32:106-10. 2005..69 and 0.76, with 95% CI between 0.29 and 1.67). CONCLUSION: Statin use may be associated with an increased risk of developing incident RHOA but does not adversely influence progression of established disease... - High-trauma fractures and low bone mineral density in older women and menDawn C Mackey
San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California 94107, USA
JAMA 298:2381-8. 2007..It is widely believed that fractures resulting from high trauma are not osteoporotic; however, this assumption has not been studied prospectively... - Short tau inversion recovery and proton density-weighted fat suppressed sequences for the evaluation of osteoarthritis of the knee with a 1.0 T dedicated extremity MRI: development of a time-efficient sequence protocolFrank W Roemer
Osteoporosis and Arthritis Research Group, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Eur Radiol 15:978-87. 2005..75/0.79), tibial cartilage (0.71/0.78). Optimization of sequence protocols consisting of three sequences results in time savings and cost efficiency in imaging of knee OA without loss of information over a more time consuming protocol... - Greater trochanteric pain syndrome: epidemiology and associated factorsNeil A Segal
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa and VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:988-92. 2007.... - Mobility limitation in self-described well-functioning older adults: importance of endurance walk testingEleanor M Simonsick
Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, Harbor Hospital NIA ASTRA Unit, 3001 S Hanover St Baltimore, MD 21225, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:841-7. 2008..This study evaluates standardized administration of an endurance walk test for identifying unrecognized and impending mobility limitation in community elders... - Lower serum albumin concentration and change in muscle mass: the Health, Aging and Body Composition StudyMarjolein Visser
Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Clin Nutr 82:531-7. 2005..Low albumin concentrations in older persons increase the risk of poor health outcomes, including functional decline... - Ethnic differences in the frequency and circumstances of falling in older community-dwelling womenKimberly A Faulkner
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1774-9. 2005..To examine ethnic differences in fall rates and fall circumstances in older community-dwelling Caucasian and African-American women... - Prevalent vertebral fractures in black women and white womenJane A Cauley
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Bone Miner Res 23:1458-67. 2008..The prevalence of vertebral fractures is lower in black compared with white women but increases with age, low BMD, and number of risk factors... 
Long-term risk of incident vertebral fracturesJane A Cauley
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
JAMA 298:2761-7. 2007..Women with low bone mineral density (BMD) and prevalent vertebral fractures have a greater risk of incident vertebral fractures over the short-term, but their absolute risk of vertebral fracture over the long-term is uncertain...- The lateral view radiograph for assessment of the tibiofemoral joint space in knee osteoarthritis: its reliability, sensitivity to change, and longitudinal validityMichael P LaValley
Boston University School of Medicine, A203, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Arthritis Rheum 52:3542-7. 2005..008). CONCLUSION: In the assessment of TF joint space loss, lateral view radiographs are reliable, valid, and more sensitive to change than fluoroscopically positioned PA radiographs... - Osteoarthritis: epidemiologyNigel Arden
MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 20:3-25. 2006..Despite this public health impact, OA remains an enigmatic condition to the epidemiologist. In this chapter, we will review the definition and classification of OA, its prevalence, incidence, risk factors and natural history... - Association of long-distance corridor walk performance with mortality, cardiovascular disease, mobility limitation, and disabilityAnne B Newman
Department of Epidemiology, Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
JAMA 295:2018-26. 2006..Extended walking tests have been examined as outcome predictors in medically ill populations but not in community-dwelling older adults... - Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and mortality in older women: Study of osteoporotic fracturesKathryn L Pedula
Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon 97227, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1871-7. 2006..To determine whether poorer visual acuity and contrast sensitivity are independent risk factors for all-cause and traumatic mortality in older women... - Nontraumatic fracture risk with diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in older white and black adults: the health, aging, and body composition studyElsa S Strotmeyer
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:1612-7. 2005..Fracture prevention needs to target specific risk factors found in older adults with DM... - What proportion of incident radiographic vertebral deformities is clinically diagnosed and vice versa?Howard A Fink
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, USA
J Bone Miner Res 20:1216-22. 2005..The proportion of deformities clinically diagnosed ranged from <15% for milder deformities to nearly 30% for more severe deformities... - Association of squatting with increased prevalence of radiographic tibiofemoral knee osteoarthritis: the Beijing Osteoarthritis StudyYuqing Zhang
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Arthritis Rheum 50:1187-92. 2004.... - Bone mineral density and prevalent vertebral fractures in men and womenJane A Cauley
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, Crabtree Hall A524, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Osteoporos Int 15:32-7. 2004..Measures of bone mass that partially correct for gender differences in bone size may yield universal estimates of fracture risk. Prospective studies are needed to confirm this observation... - Neck and shoulder pain in 70- to 79-year-old men and women: findings from the Health, Aging and Body Composition StudyMolly T Vogt
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Spine J 3:435-41. 2003..Musculoskeletal pain in the cervicobrachial region is considered a major health problem among adults of working age, but little is known about the impact of this pain in the elderly... - Is social integration associated with the risk of falling in older community-dwelling women?Kimberly A Faulkner
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 58:M954-9. 2003..Social integration may lead to social support and influence that may in turn protect older community-dwelling adults from falls... - Lower extremity physical performance and hip bone mineral density in elderly black and white men and women: cross-sectional associations in the Health ABC StudyDennis R Taaffe
The Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 58:M934-42. 2003..However, it is unclear if these factors coexist or are independent in elderly people, and if a relationship does exist, whether it varies by sex and/or race... - [High prevalence of knee, but not hip or hand osteoarthritis in Beijing elders: comparison with data of Caucasian in United States]Ling Xu
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 83:1206-9. 2003..CONCLUSION: Compared to the Caucasian contemporaries, fewer Beijing elderly suffer from hand and hip osteoarthritis. However, knee osteoarthritis is much more prevalent, affecting millions of elderly Chinese... - Central nervous system active medications and risk for fractures in older womenKristine E Ensrud
Department of Medicine and Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:949-57. 2003..Use of central nervous system (CNS) active medications may increase the risk for fractures. Prior studies are limited by incomplete control of confounders... - Lower prevalence of hand osteoarthritis among Chinese subjects in Beijing compared with white subjects in the United States: the Beijing Osteoarthritis StudyYuqing Zhang
Boston University Arthritis Center, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Arthritis Rheum 48:1034-40. 2003..The goals of this study were to estimate the prevalence of hand OA among elderly Chinese in Beijing, and to compare it with that among elderly whites in the United States... - QDR 4500A DXA overestimates fat-free mass compared with criterion methodsFrances Tylavsky
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
J Appl Physiol 94:959-65. 2003..These findings suggest that the current calibration of the fan-beam system of the Hologic QDR 4500A provides an overestimate of FFM and underestimate of FM compared with reference methods... - High prevalence of lateral knee osteoarthritis in Beijing Chinese compared with Framingham Caucasian subjectsDavid T Felson
Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arthritis Rheum 46:1217-22. 2002.... - Chopstick arthropathy: the Beijing Osteoarthritis StudyDavid J Hunter
Boston University Arthritis Center, BU School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Arthritis Rheum 50:1495-500. 2004..We conducted a population-based survey among elderly Chinese individuals living in Beijing, to explore whether chopsticks use is associated with prevalent hand OA... - Diabetes is associated independently of body composition with BMD and bone volume in older white and black men and women: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition StudyElsa S Strotmeyer
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Bone Miner Res 19:1084-91. 2004..01) and higher hip BMD for each race-gender group (p < or = 0.01). Type 2 diabetes was associated with a 4-5% higher total hip BMD in all race-gender groups of elderly adults, independent of body composition and fasting insulin levels... - Knee height, knee pain, and knee osteoarthritis: the Beijing Osteoarthritis StudyDavid J Hunter
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arthritis Rheum 52:1418-23. 2005..It may also play an important role in knee symptoms. This study highlights the importance of mechanical forces in the determination of OA and knee symptoms... - Effect of alendronate on vertebral fracture risk in women with bone mineral density T scores of-1.6 to -2.5 at the femoral neck: the Fracture Intervention TrialSara A Quandt
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 25717 1063, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 80:343-9. 2005..6 and -2.5 at the femoral neck and to describe how soon after initiation of therapy alendronate becomes effective and whether it is consistent in women with and without existing radiographic vertebral fracture... - Long-term prediction of incident hip fracture risk in elderly white women: study of osteoporotic fracturesBrent C Taylor
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1479-86. 2004..Clinicians should be alert to factors other than BMD that place older women at a high risk of hip fracture... - Diabetes and incidence of functional disability in older womenEdward W Gregg
Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Diabetes Care 25:61-7. 2002..To examine the relationship between diabetes and the incidence of functional disability and to determine the predictors of functional disability among older women with diabetes... - Association between self-reported prior wrist fractures and risk of subsequent hip and radiographic vertebral fractures in older women: a prospective studyJohn T Schousboe
Section of Rheumatology, Park Nicollet Health Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416, USA
J Bone Miner Res 20:100-6. 2005..Validation of such an approach would require intervention trials in patients with prior wrist fracture... - The relationship of antiresorptive drug use to structural findings and symptoms of knee osteoarthritisLaura D Carbone
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, 956 Court Avenue, Rm E336 Coleman Building, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Arthritis Rheum 50:3516-25. 2004.... - Association of the G-174C variant in the interleukin-6 promoter region with bone loss and fracture risk in older womenSusan P Moffett
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Bone Miner Res 19:1612-8. 2004..Variation at the IL-6 locus may contribute to the genetic susceptibility to bone fragility... - Estrogen replacement, muscle composition, and physical function: The Health ABC StudyDennis R Taaffe
School of Human Movement Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:1741-7. 2005..Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether estrogen use is associated with enhanced muscle composition and, if so, whether this translates into improved strength and physical function... - Osteoarthritis, bone mass, and fractures: how are they related?Nancy E Lane
Arthritis Rheum 46:1-4. 2002 - Central nervous system-active medications and risk for falls in older womenKristine E Ensrud
Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1629-37. 2002..To determine whether current use of central nervous system (CNS)-active medications, including benzodiazepines, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and narcotics, increases the risk for subsequent falls... - Correlation of the development of knee pain with enlarging bone marrow lesions on magnetic resonance imagingDavid T Felson
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Arthritis Rheum 56:2986-92. 2007..This study was undertaken to determine whether enlarging BMLs are associated with new knee pain... - Lack of a relation between vitamin and mineral antioxidants and bone mineral density: results from the Women's Health InitiativeRandi L Wolf
Program in Nutrition, Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:581-8. 2005..Antioxidant defenses are one possible mechanism for decreasing oxidative damage and its potentially negative effects on age-related bone mass... - Prevalence of symptoms of cervical and lumbar stenosis among participants in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men StudyMolly T Vogt
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31:1445-51. 2006..Cross-sectional... - Is a fall just a fall: correlates of falling in healthy older persons. The Health, Aging and Body Composition StudyNathalie de Rekeneire
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry and Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:841-6. 2003..To identify factors associated with falling in well-functioning older people... - Epidemiologic studies for osteoarthritis: new versus conventional study design approachesDavid T Felson
Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Room A207, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 30:783-97, vii. 2004..This article discusses epidemiologic study designs for osteoarthritis and why traditional designs are outmoded. It reviews the design of new studies, the Osteoarthritis Initiative and Multicenter Ostroarthritis Study... - Lumbar spine listhesis in older African American womenMolly T Vogt
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Spine J 3:255-61. 2003..Cadaveric studies and clinical case series have suggested that listhesis may be much more common in African Americans than in whites... - Walking performance and cardiovascular response: associations with age and morbidity--the Health, Aging and Body Composition StudyAnne B Newman
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 58:715-20. 2003..The long-distance corridor walk is a timed 400-meter walk test used to assess walking endurance in well-functioning men and women aged 70-79 in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study...
Research Grants
- Laxity and Malalignment in a Large Cohort Study of OAMichael Nevitt; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- Multi-Center Osteoarthritis StudyMichael Nevitt; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..