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Strength training and knee osteoarthritis
Two years of exciting OA research with PhD student Amanda Sjögren
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26 Feb 2024
The role of the meniscus in the development of knee osteoarthritis - A research project funded by the European Research Council
The European Research Council (ERC) is a key research funder in Europe funding researchers with projects with potential to be ground-breaking across all fields of science. As the p...
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19 Feb 2024
How does "OA school" work as a treatment for Osteoarthritis?
Last week, you read the first part of our interview with Elin Östlind and Thérése Jönsson, specialist physiotherapists with extensive experience in osteoarthritis education/school ...
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11 Feb 2024
Specialist physiotherapists tell us about "osteoarthritis school"
We have spoken with two specialist physiotherapists who are experts in "osteoarthritis school" (Swedish: artrosskola). Many people turn to us to ask what osteoarthritis school is, ...
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5 Feb 2024
Can women's alcohol habits be related to the need for hip replacement surgery due to osteoarthritis?
Researchers have investigated whether there is a correlation between hip osteoarthritis and alcohol habits in women. Alcohol habits have been studied many times before, and both be...
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29 Jan 2024
Can metformin reduce the risk of osteoarthritis?
A drug is often developed to treat a specific disease, but many times drugs have shown to have good effects on other conditions than the originally intended one.
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24 Jan 2024
Medicine for type 2 diabetes can reduce the risk of developing osteoarthritis
At the large American congress ACR Convergence on rheumatological diseases held in 2021, results from a large study were presented indicating that the diabetes medication metformin...
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14 Dec 2023
What does the physiotherapist say about exercise for osteoarthritis?
Here follows the second part of our interview with Andrea Dell'Isola, a physiotherapist and associate professor at Lund University.
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27 Nov 2023
Reportage: Andrea Dell'Isola - physiotherapist and associate Professor
We have spoken to and asked some questions to Andrea Dell’Isola, a physiotherapist and associate Proffesor at Lund University. Andrea trained to become a physiotherapist in Italy a...
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15 Nov 2023
Covid-19's impact on Osteoarthritis diagnosis
This study from the Netherlands examined how the initial healthcare contacts for individuals with suspected or confirmed osteoarthritis were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The ...
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2 Oct 2023
Ouch, Osteoarthritis! - What does the research say?
Lund university hosted a live broadcast on their Facebook page where two researchers answered questions about osteoarthritis.