Assessment of joint space narrowing with conventional standing antero-posterior radiographs: relief in mild-to-moderate pain is not a confounder in recent osteoarthritis structure-modifying drug trials

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 14-18

  Rovati, L C ^a   Pavelka, K ^b,c   Giacovelli, G ^a   Reginster, J Y ^d,e,f  

^a Rotta Research Laboratorium   (Italy)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Aspects of Rheumatic Diseases   (Belgium)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucosamine sulfate; Joint space width; Osteoarthritis; Radiographic measurement

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; VIARTRIL S; XICIL;

ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDING; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745156483     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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