2017 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis – Las Vegas, NV

4/27/ – 4/30/2017

Members of the unit participated with invited lectures, oral presentations, and posters.

David Felson – Invited Lecture: Metabolic OA: Does it exist?

Tuhina Neogi – Invited Lecture: Current perspectives on pain in OA

Tuhina Neogi – Invited Lecture: Effect of bisphosphonate use on trajectories of MRI-based three-dimensional bone shape of the knee over four years

Devyani Misra – Oral Presentation #822: Obesity-related systemic inflammation and knee synovitis

Kathy Bacon – Poster #642: The non-linear relationship of quadriceps strength to functional limitations in people with knee OA: The MOST Study

Reza Jafarzadeh – Poster #528: Assessing mediating effect of bone marrow lesions and synovitis following extreme weight loss on knee pain reduction

Deepak Kumar – Poster #149: Degeneration of patellofemoral and tibiofemoral compartments following ACL reconstruction and associated gait mechanics: A longitudinal 2-year study

Deepak Kumar – Poster #185: Knee loading is lower during mindful walking compared to regular walking: A preliminary study

Deepak Kumar – Poster #266: Effects of weight loss on patellofemoral loading in overweight and obese adults with patellofemoral OA: Secondary analysis from the IDEA randomized trial

Deepak Kumar – Poster #594: Vastus medialis intramuscular fat is associated with increase in MRI degeneration of the knee over 3 years

Jing-Sheng Li – Poster #468: Racial differences in MRI-based 3D bone shape of the femur vs the tibia at the knee: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

Erin Macri – Poster #285: Defining abnormal cut-points for patellofemoral alignment and trochlear morphology and their relation to patellofemoral OA: The Framingham OA Study

Tuhina Neogi – Poster #30: Relation of pain sensitization to development of constant, persistent pain in knee OA: The MOST Study

Shanshan Sheehy – Poster #301: Can adipokines elucidate the sex disparity in osteoarthritis?