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
Englund M, Turkiewicz A. Regression to the mean for physical function and quality of life in clinical trials for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2024 Nov 26. PMID: 39608563.
Published on 11/6/2024Magnusson K, Turkiewicz A, Dell'Isola A, Englund M. Shared genetic factors between osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease may underlie common etiology. Nat Commun. 2024 Nov 06; 15(1):9569. PMID: 39500867.
Published on 10/21/2024Haugen IK, Felson DT, Abhishek A, Berenbaum F, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Dziedzic KS, Edwards JJ, Englund M, Hermann-Eriksen M, Herrero-Beaumont G, Hill C, Ishimori ML, Jonsson H, Karjalainen T, Leung YY, Maheu E, Mallen CD, Marshall M, Moe RH, Ramonda R, Ritschl V, Ritt MJ, Stamm TA, Szekanecz Z, van der Giesen F, van de Stadt LA, van der Meulen C, Wittoek R, Greibrokk E, Laheij H, Kloppenburg M. 2023 EULAR classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Oct 21; 83(11):1428-1435. PMID: 38821712.
Published on 9/26/2024Berg B, Roos EM, Englund M, Kise NJ, Engebretsen L, Eftang CN, Risberg MA. Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy versus exercise therapy for degenerative meniscal tears: 10-year follow-up of the OMEX randomised controlled trial. Br J Sports Med. 2024 Sep 26. PMID: 39326908.
Published on 9/12/2024Turkiewicz A, Hellberg C, Dell'Isola A, Englund M. Antihistamine use and osteoarthritis or joint pain. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2025 Jan; 33(1):176-179. PMID: 39277027.
Published on 9/12/2024Sillanpää N, Iivanainen M, Turkiewicz A, Sihvonen R, Paavola M, Taimela S, Järvinen TLN, Englund M. Effect of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy on structural degeneration of the knee - A 5-year MRI-based follow-up of the placebo-surgery controlled FIDELITY (Finnish Degenerative Meniscus Lesion Study) trial. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2024 Sep 12. PMID: 39277028.
Published on 8/17/2024Kiadaliri A, Englund M. Uncovering sociodemographic disparities in temporal trends of osteoarthritis incidence and age-at-diagnosis, 2006-2019. Scand J Public Health. 2024 Aug 17; 14034948241265427. PMID: 39152739.
Published on 8/6/2024Shakya BR, Karjalainen VP, Hellberg I, Finnilä MAJ, Elkhouly K, Sjögren A, Turkiewicz A, Önnerfjord P, Hughes V, Tjörnstrand J, Englund M, Saarakkala S. Prevalence and classification of meniscal calcifications in the human knee. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2024 Nov; 32(11):1443-1451. PMID: 39116991.
Published on 7/26/2024Neogi T, Dell'Isola A, Englund M, Turkiewicz A. Frequent use of prescription NSAIDs among people with knee or hip osteoarthritis despite contraindications to or precautions with NSAIDs. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2024 Dec; 32(12):1628-1635. PMID: 39068982.
Published on 7/2/2024Dell'Isola A, Recenti F, Englund M, Kiadaliri A. Twenty-year trajectories of morbidity in individuals with and without osteoarthritis. RMD Open. 2024 Jul 02; 10(2). PMID: 38955511.