Margaret Clancy

TL;DR: Investigative meniscal findings on MRI of the knee are common in the general population and increase with increasing age, and among persons with radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis, the prevalence of a meniscal tear was 63% among those with knee pain, aching, or stiffness on most days and 60% amongst those without these symptoms.

TL;DR: Change in synovitis was correlated with change in knee pain, but not loss of cartilage, and treatment of pain in knee osteoarthritis (OA) needs to consider treatment ofsynovitis.

TL;DR: Development of knee pain is associated with an increase in BMLs as revealed on MRI, and multiple logistic regression was used to assess whether an increased BML score is predictive of the development of kneePain.

TL;DR: The usual female predominance of prevalent and incident HOA was less clear for radiographic HOA than for symptomatic and erosive HOA, and with an ageing population, the impact of HOA will further increase.

TL;DR: It is reported for the first time that greater quadriceps strength protected against cartilage loss at the lateral compartment of the patellofemoral joint, a finding that requires confirmation.