Martin Englund MD, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Rheumatology
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 638-5300englund@bu.edu
Sections
Rheumatology
Biography
Musculoskeletal diseases are a rapidly growing cause of disability, chronic pain, and reduced quality of life in an ageing population. My research aims to gain novel insights into these diseases, osteoarthritis in particular – their etiology, occurrence, natural history, treatments, prediction, disease monitoring, and disease burden – to allow for better healthcare decision-making and disease prevention. I also have a particular interest in the role of meniscus in osteoarthritis. I use a multidisciplinary approach to study osteoarthritis, including tissue biobanking and proteomics, structural imaging, and population-wide register based studies of epidemiology and health economics.
Education
MD, Lund University
Medicine, PhD, Lund University
Epidemiology, MSc, Boston University School of Public Health
Publications
Swain S, Vivekanantham A, Dell 'Isola A, Kamps A, Moncusi MP, Runhaar J, Kuo CF, Vanhegan S, Pistillidou I, Cockshull J, Mallen C, Doherty M, Prieto-Alhambra D, Englund M, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Coupland C, Zhang W. Associations between osteoarthritis and comorbidities before and after diagnosis across four European primary care databases: a multinational case-control and cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2026 Oct; 69:101800. PMID: 42620719.
Published on 8/11/2026Recenti F, Kiadaliri A, Battista S, Hellberg C, Englund M, Testa M, Dell'Isola A. Association of hypertension and diabetes with opioid initiation and progression to long-term use after osteoarthritis diagnosis: A population-based register cohort study in Sweden. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2026 Dec; 8(4):100860. PMID: 42676841.
Published on 8/7/2026Swain S, Coupland C, Isola AD, Robinson DE, Kamps A, Moncusi MP, Runhaar J, Mallen C, Kuo CF, Prieto-Alhambra D, Englund M, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Doherty M, Zhang W. Association of analgesics prescription with incident comorbidities in people with osteoarthritis-a UK primary care database cohort study. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2026; 10(3):rkag098. PMID: 42677337.
Published on 8/5/2026Hellberg C, Turkiewicz A, Sundquist K, Dell'Isola A, Appleyard T, Yu D, Thomas G, Peat G, Englund M. Utilization of medications for neuropathic pain in patients with and without knee and hip osteoarthritis in Sweden: A population-based cohort study. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2026 Sep; 8(3):100856. PMID: 42668447.
Published on 6/24/2026Menon D, Mathew S, Peat G, Hellberg C, Turkiewicz A, Dell'Isola A, Englund M, Thomas G, Yu D. Clinical care patterns in the 10-years prior to primary total hip replacement: a matched population-based case-control analysis in England. BMC Med. 2026 Jun 24; 24(1). PMID: 42343375.
Published on 6/12/2026Nevanranta EA, Karjalainen VP, Brix M, Hellberg I, Turkiewicz A, Shakya B, Önnerfjord P, Ylisiurua S, Sjögren A, Elkhouly K, Hughes V, Tjörnstrand J, Saarakkala S, Englund M, Finnilä MAJ. Characterizing Meniscal Calcifications with Photon Counting-Based Dual-Energy Computed Tomography. Ann Biomed Eng. 2026 Jun 12. PMID: 42283929.
Published on 5/16/2026Karjalainen VP, Hellberg I, Turkiewicz A, Shakya B, Khoshimova N, Nevanranta E, Gupta SD, Elkhouly K, Sjögren A, Finnilä MAJ, Önnerfjord P, Hughes V, Tjörnstrand J, Englund M, Saarakkala S. Characterization of calcifications in posterior horn of human meniscus using micro-computed tomography. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2026 Sep; 8(3):100820. PMID: 42254336.
Published on 4/30/2026Kalske R, Sihvonen R, Paavola M, Malmivaara A, Itälä A, Joukainen A, Kalske J, Nurmi H, Toivonen P, Sillanpää N, Kiekara T, Turkiewicz A, Englund M, Taimela S, Järvinen TLN. Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for Degenerative Tear - 10-Year Outcomes. N Engl J Med. 2026 Apr 30; 394(17):1757-1759. PMID: 42054686.
Published on 4/22/2026B Wrammerfors ET, Pierantoni M, Dejea H, Sjögren A, Orozco GA, Das Gupta S, Gstöhl SJ, Schlepütz CM, Nygård K, Englund M, Isaksson H. Synchrotron phase-contrast microtomography reveals the impact of degeneration on the 3D structure of human articular cartilage. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 Sep; 34(9):1325-1337. PMID: 42031145.
Published on 4/16/2026Dell'Isola A, Magnusson K, Turkiewicz A, Recenti F, Lohmander S, Englund M, Kiadaliri A. Metformin use and the risk of incident osteoarthritis among individuals with diabetes: a register-based nested case-control study. BMJ Open. 2026 Apr 16; 16(4):e115587. PMID: 41991265.