Golf is acknowledged as a sport allowing players to blow off steam and enjoy the outdoors, but a new study led by the University of South Australia shows it may have serious benefits for people with the chronic disease osteoarthritis. The study was undertaken by researchers from the University of South Australia, the University of Dundee, the University of Oxford, the University of Melbourne, and the University College London.
Researchers from the University of Jyvu00e4skylu00e4 and the Central Finland Health Care District have developed an AI-based neural network to detect an early knee osteoarthritis from x-ray images. AI was able to match a doctors' diagnosis in 87% of cases. The result is important because x-rays are the primary diagnostic method for early knee osteoarthritis. An early diagnosis can save the patient from unnecessary examinations, treatments, and even knee joint replacement surgery.
A team led by Washington State University researchers used gallic acid, an antioxidant found in gallnuts, green tea and other plants, and applied a stretching mechanism to human cartilage cells taken from arthritic knees that mimics the stretching that occurs when walking. The combination not only decreased arthritis inflammation markers in the cells but improved the production of desired proteins normally found in healthy cartilage.
A pilot study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine combined wearable technology and patient-reported outcomes to assess the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment in osteoarthritis (OA).
Written courtesy ofu00a0 Dr. Brent Wells.
Between 2013 and 2015, doctors diagnosed more than 50 million American adults with some form of arthritis. While most people have a basic idea of what arthritis is, they are less familiar with the different types.
An estimated 30 million Americans are affected by osteoarthritis according to the CDC, and it is predominantly a disease of older age affecting more than 1 in 10 people aged 60+; with the aging population this number is likely to continue to rise steadily.
As published in the journals of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine a minimally invasive method has been developed by researchers from San Michele Veterinary Hospital in Italy to effectively dogs with osteoarthritis that may be of importance to humans.
It has been demonstrated by researchers from The Scripps Research Institute the increased risk of age related osteoarthritis and have suggested a new potential path for development of additional treatments to be used to help sustain healthier joints.
