Published 2 June 2021 Osteoarthritis has been described as the 15th most common cause of so-called “years lived with disability” (YLDs) in the world, which is a measure used to shed light on the burden of various diseases on society. According to the researchers, the economic costs caused by the disease correspond to about 1-2.5% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most countries. A new article

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/global-burden-osteoarthritis - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 11 June 2021 In a new Swedish study by Lund University, researchers looked at how common it is with comorbidities in osteoarthritis of the knee and/or hip. The study was published in the American journal Arthritis Care & Research. The study analyzed data collected from the province of Scania's population between the years 1

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/common-comorbidities-osteoarthritis - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 29 October 2021 Earlier in October, we reported on a research study that showed that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections for treating osteoarthritis of the knee did not have a better effect on OA symptoms than placebo. Last week, results from a new study on PRP were published. The researchers concluded that PRP injections

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/effect-prp-ankle-oa-no-better-placebo - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 19 October 2021 The painkiller tanezumab was not approved by the European Medicine's Agency. At the beginning of 2021, news came that tanezumab, a new pain medication, would be launched in the US and Europe.  However, in March, tanezumab suffered a setback in the United States when the US Food and Drug Administration reject

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/not-approved-eu-another-setback-drug-tanezumab - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 27 October 2021 Tramadol is an increasingly common drug prescribed for pain. Tramadol is a synthetic opioid (manufactured in a lab) that differs somewhat in its chemical structure compared to the natural opioid codeine. Other opioids include morphine and heroin. All opioids have analgesic properties and are extremely addict

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/many-risks-painkiller-tramadol - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 18 October 2021 In a new meta-analysis (a compilation of results from a number of different research studies), the benefits and side effects of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), paracetamol, and opioids have been studied. The research study included data from 181 publications describing 192 clinical trials inv

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/benefits-and-side-effects-common-pain-meds-osteoarthritis-knee-and-hip - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 15 September 2021 A Chinese research group has compiled data from 88 different scientific studies on the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis. The studies were from all around the world and together included more than 10 million people. The researchers estimated that for individuals aged 40 years and older, the global prevalen

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/how-common-knee-osteoarthritis - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 4 October 2021 PRP treatment (platelet-rich plasma) is a relatively new experimental treatment that is often marketed to be effective for patients with osteoarthritis. However, there is a lack of high-quality research claiming the effectiveness of the treatment. Researchers from Brazil have recently published results from a

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/prp-injections-no-more-effective-placebo - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The Arthritis Portal) - published 24 November 2021 Doctors Jack Cush, Martin Englund, Gillian Hawker, Tihuna Neogi, and Kent Kwoh discuss the best OA research from the 2021 ACR (American College of Rheumatology) conference, including a new study indicating that the diabetes medicine metformin lowers the risk of developing osteoarthritis. Dr. Jack Cush is a

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-roundtable-best-acr-conference-2021 - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - published 17 March 2022 In a recent study, a group of scientists have evaluated the burden of osteoarthritis over the past three decades, using data from the worldwide initiative ”Global Burden of Disease study 2019.  The results show that the number of people affected by osteoarthritis has increased by about 113 percent in 30 years, from

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/increased-burden-osteoarthritis-world - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - published 25 April 2022 Researchers from Australia have investigated the incidence of obesity in patients with OA undergoing knee replacement. In a recent study from Australia researchers have investigated the incidence of obesity in patients undergoing knee replacements because of their OA. The results were compared to the incidence of ob

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/there-link-between-oa-and-obesity - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - published 7 May 2022 Researchers have investigated the use of strong painkillers the years prior total knee replacement. A recent study from England and Sweden (Lund University) has investigated the number of patients with knee osteoarthritis having required treatment with opioids in the years prior to total knee replacement. Opioids are a

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/frequent-use-strong-painkillers-patients-knee-osteoarthritis-years-total-knee-replacement - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 16 May 2022 Example MRI images and corresponding map from the relaxation parameter T2* of meniscus samples from knees with (right) and without (left) known knee osteoarthritis. Picture: Emma Einarsson The aim of this thesis was to investigate imaging techniques to study tissues and degenerative changes related to knee osteoa

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/doctoral-thesis-imaging-techniques-studies-knee-osteoarthritis - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 9 June 2022 We interviewed a dietician to find out more about if and how your diet might affect your OA. Whether a certain diet can make a difference or even make It better when it comes to osteoarthritis (OA) is a question that has been asked several times. We spoke to a dietician called Erik Jönsson who works at several he

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/does-my-diet-affect-my-oa - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 15 June 2022 In a recent study, researchers investigated two different ways of treating pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis. The one half got to try W-TENS and the other half received weak opioids. They studied both the efficacy and safety in both methods. Patients with nociceptive pain from their knee OA often receive

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/tens-or-weak-opioids-whats-best-if-you-suffer-painful-knee-oa - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 1 July 2022 Gustavo is a mechanical engineer from Colombia. During his master's studies, Gustavo got the opportunity to conduct an internship in Lausanne, Switzerland. In Lausanne, he worked in orthopedics and studied the mechanical response of knee implants for total knee replacements using numerical modeling. When Gustavo

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/will-it-be-possible-predict-future-health-status-your-knee-tissues - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 25 August 2022 A recent study from Denmark investigated which effect CBD has in hand osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis. For 12 weeks, one half received synthetic CBD and the other half received placebo, as an add-on to their usual analgesics. The researchers investigated more than pain relief, including sleep quality an

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/cannabidiol-cbd-relieve-oa-pain-does-it-work - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 13 October 2022 Researchers studied if auricular acupressure could work as pain relief in osteoarthritis patients at 65 years old or older. In the study, researchers also investigated the participants' sleep quality. All the participants were 65 years old or more and lived in nursing homes in Korea.  There is a link between

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/auricular-acupressure-relieve-oa-pain - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 24 October 2022 It has been known for many years that movement and exercise in different forms are beneficial and can decrease pain for those with osteoarthritis. One might have to look around to find a form of exercise that fits since it is individually. Some prefer to train on their own, and others prefer training in a gro

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/exercise-led-trainer-instead-opioids - 2025-07-07

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 7 November 2022 The Arthritis portal earlier wrote about if there is a link between osteoarthritis and other diseases, for example, cancer. In a new study, researchers investigated if there is a link between hip osteoarthritis and stroke. A stroke is a bleeding or blood clot in the brain. A stroke can cause more or less perm

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-and-stroke-there-link - 2025-07-07