Prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and its impact on functional status among the elderly: The Framingham Study

Y Zhang, J Niu, M Kelly-Hayes… - American journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Osteoarthritis is one of the most common joint disorders in the elderly, yet few studies have
targeted symptomatic osteoarthritis, especially symptomatic hand osteoarthritis. The authors …

Increasing prevalence of knee pain and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: survey and cohort data

USDT Nguyen, Y Zhang, Y Zhu, J Niu… - Annals of internal …, 2011 - acpjournals.org
Background: A recent surge in knee replacements is assumed to be due to aging and increased
obesity of the US population. Objective: To assess whether age, obesity, and change in …

Prevalence of abnormalities in knees detected by MRI in adults without knee osteoarthritis: population based observational study (Framingham Osteoarthritis Study)

A Guermazi, J Niu, D Hayashi, FW Roemer, M Englund… - Bmj, 2012 - bmj.com
Objective To examine use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of knees with no radiographic
evidence of osteoarthritis to determine the prevalence of structural lesions associated …

Synovitis detected on magnetic resonance imaging and its relation to pain and cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis

CL Hill, DJ Hunter, J Niu, M Clancy… - Annals of the …, 2007 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To examine the relationship between longitudinal fluctuations in synovitis with
change in pain and cartilage in knee osteoarthritis. Methods: Study subjects were patients 45 …

Association between radiographic features of knee osteoarthritis and pain: results from two cohort studies

T Neogi, D Felson, J Niu, M Nevitt, CE Lewis… - Bmj, 2009 - bmj.com
Objective To examine the relation of radiographic features of osteoarthritis to knee pain in
people with knees discordant for knee pain in two cohorts. Design Within person, knee …

Prevalence, incidence and progression of hand osteoarthritis in the general population: the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study

IK Haugen, M Englund, P Aliabadi, J Niu… - Annals of the …, 2011 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To describe the prevalence and longitudinal course of radiographic, erosive and
symptomatic hand osteoarthritis (HOA) in the general population. Methods Framingham …

The effect of body weight on progression of knee osteoarthritis is dependent on alignment

DT Felson, J Goggins, J Niu, Y Zhang… - Arthritis & …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Whereas obesity increases overall loading of the knee, limb malalignment
concentrates that loading on a focal area, to the level at which cartilage damage may occur. This …

Correlation of the development of knee pain with enlarging bone marrow lesions on magnetic resonance imaging

DT Felson, J Niu, A Guermazi, F Roemer… - … : Official Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Results of cross‐sectional studies have suggested that bone marrow lesions (BMLs)
visualized on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are related to knee pain, but no …

Greater trochanteric pain syndrome: epidemiology and associated factors

…, DT Felson, JC Torner, Y Zhu, JR Curtis, J Niu… - Archives of physical …, 2007 - Elsevier
Segal NA, Felson DT, Torner JC, Zhu Y, Curtis JR, Niu J, Nevitt MC, for the Multicenter
Osteoarthritis (MOST) Study Group. Greater trochanteric pain syndrome: epidemiology and …

Increase in bone marrow lesions associated with cartilage loss: a longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study of knee osteoarthritis

DJ Hunter, Y Zhang, J Niu, J Goggins… - … : Official Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Although bone marrow lesions (BMLs) are powerful predictors of joint space loss
as visualized on radiographs, the natural history of these lesions, their relationship to …