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ArticleRevista brasileira de ortopedia2024

Updates in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis.

Diego Pontes de Carvalho Pires, Felipe Alves do Monte, Leonardo Freire Monteiro, Francisco Rafael do Couto Soares, José Leonardo Rocha de Faria

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Article in Revista brasileira de ortopedia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Diego Pontes de Carvalho PiresInstituto de Coluna e Ortopedia Especializada (InCore), Recife, PE, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-7394-9992
Felipe Alves do MonteDepartamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital da Restauração Governador Paulo Guerra, Recife, PE, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0001-9775-3612
Leonardo Freire MonteiroOrtoclínica, Recife, PE, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0003-4534-4504
Francisco Rafael do Couto SoaresServiço de Traumatologia e Ortopedia, Hospital Metropolitano Norte Miguel Arraes (HMA), Recife, PE, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-0248-0533
José Leonardo Rocha de FariaInstituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia (INTO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0003-2635-1469

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is an inflammatory and degenerative condition resulting in articular cartilage destruction and functional loss. Its prevalence has grown considerably due to increased life expectancy and obesity, and its diagnosis relies on evaluation, medical examination, and confirmation by supplementary radiographic images. Knee OA is multifactorial and influenced by several local, systemic, and external aspects. In addition, its progress and therapeutic responses highly depend on the characteristics of each subject. The initial recommendation is drug treatment and alternative therapies to improve quality of life. However, if these treatments are unsuccessful, one must consider surgical treatment. Surgical options include arthroscopies, osteotomies, and partial and total arthroplasties, while non-surgical treatments include medications and alternative therapies such as infiltrations, acupuncture, and physical exercise. It is worth highlighting that biomarkers can be a significant strategy for early disease detection, assessment of disease activity, prediction of prognosis, and monitoring a better response to therapy. Nevertheless, this topic must be the focus of further research to confirm its findings.

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arthroscopyarticular cartilagebiomarkersintra-articular infiltrationskneeosteoarthritisphysical exercise

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PMID38911892
PMCPMC11193585

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