The recommended treatment for most joint conditions is appropriate exercise and education on how to manage pain during daily activities ...

Although yoga was noninferior to strengthening exercises in alleviating knee pain in adults with knee osteoarthritis, it offered modest benefits compared with exercise in terms of function ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common form of arthritis in older individuals and a leading cause of pain and disability, [1] which contributes to overall decreased quality of life ...

Among patients with knee OA who previously used intra-articular therapy, delaying physical therapy was associated with a 44% greater risk of receiving future injections. Earlier and more intensive ...

Higher thigh intramuscular fat infiltration may increase the risks for knee and hip osteoarthritis, regardless of body mass index or sex. Thigh intramuscular fat infiltration (IMFI) may significantly ...

The researchers recruited 107 overweight, non-diabetic individuals over 40 who’d had knee pain for six months or more, and randomly separated them into two groups. The treatment group took up to ...

LRX712 was the more advanced of the two candidates. The Swiss drugmaker began a phase 2 trial of the asset in patients with knee osteoarthritis in 2020. A spokesperson for Novartis confirmed the ...

Osteoarthritis (OA), a common degenerative joint disease that affects millions of people worldwide, particularly targets the knee joint. Over time, the cartilage within the joint wears down ...

The inexpensive diabetes pill metformin significantly reduced pain from knee osteoarthritis in a small trial of people who are overweight or have obesity. Results from a small trial suggest that ...

The trial involved 72 subjects aged between 30 and 80 years, stratified by the structural severity of their knee osteoarthritis. Credit: dodotone / Shutterstock. Pacira BioSciences has announced that ...

INCHEON, South Korea — The diabetes drug metformin may reduce the pain of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in patients with overweight or obese, independent of weight loss, according to results from a ...