Short-term clinical worsening is a clear predictor for worsening at 2 years in established knee and hip osteoarthritis.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that re-assessment of symptoms after optimised non-surgical treatment could be meaningful in clinical decision making for TJR. Furthermore, this information could be used to identify subgroups of patients potentially eligible for novel and advanced treatment options. PMID: 30299244 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30299244?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - October 10, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research