Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States. Part II.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on January 01, 2008

Authors

Reva C Lawrence1, David T Felson, Charles G Helmick, Lesley M Arnold, Hyon Choi, Richard A Deyo, Sherine Gabriel, Rosemarie Hirsch, Marc C Hochberg, Gene G Hunder, Joanne M Jordan, Jeffrey N Katz, Hilal Maradit Kremers, Frederick Wolfe, National Arthritis Data Workgroup

Author Affiliations

1: NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Efficacy of Subcutaneous Injection of Etanercept for Moderate and Severe Knee Osteoarthritis (ESIETNKOA) | NCT02722811

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The Marigot Osteoarthritis Nutritional Intervention (MOANi) Trial (MOANi) | NCT03106584

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Project Arthritis Recovering Quality of Life Through Education 70+ (PARQVE) | NCT04058002

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Compliance with osteoporosis medications. Arch Intern Med (2005) 2.91

A meta-analysis of the incidence of malignancy in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther (2008) 2.87

2012 American College of Rheumatology guidelines for management of gout. Part 2: therapy and antiinflammatory prophylaxis of acute gouty arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) (2012) 2.83

Increase in bone marrow lesions associated with cartilage loss: a longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study of knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum (2006) 2.81

Stop using the American College of Rheumatology criteria in the clinic. J Rheumatol (2003) 2.81

Synovitis detected on magnetic resonance imaging and its relation to pain and cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis (2007) 2.81

Trends in epidemiology of knee arthroplasty in the United States, 1990-2000. Arthritis Rheum (2005) 2.76

Revising expectations from rapid HIV tests in the emergency department. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.74

Prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and its impact on functional status among the elderly: The Framingham Study. Am J Epidemiol (2002) 2.73

Accuracy of Medicare claims data for rheumatologic diagnoses in total hip replacement recipients. J Clin Epidemiol (2003) 2.72

Systematic review of randomized trials comparing lumbar fusion surgery to nonoperative care for treatment of chronic back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 2.70

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial of pregabalin in the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol (2008) 2.67