On this week's episode of Joint Action, we are joined by Dr Lauren King. Lauren is a rheumatologist and clinician scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Her clinical research program combines epidemiology and implementation science, with the goal of identifying gaps in care and developing evidence-informed solutions to improve care and outcomes for people living rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, with a particular focus on osteoarthritis.

RESOURCES

• “You don't put it down to arthritis”: A qualitative study of the first symptoms recalled by individuals with knee osteoarthritis

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On this week's episode of Joint Action, we are joined by Dr Matlock Jeffries. Matlock is a rheumatologist and clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre. His research interests include the microbiome in osteoarthritis and his research lab was the first to identify a microbiome within human and mouse cartilage which changes as patients develop osteoarthritis.

RESOURCES

• OA susceptibility in mice is partially mediated by the gut microbiome, is transferrable via microbiome transplantation and is associated with immunophenotype changes
• The Microbiome in Osteoarthritis: a Narrative Review of Recent Human and Animal Model Literature

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Dr Kosaku Aoyagi is a physical therapist and Assistant Professor based at the University of Texas at El Paso and the Director of Pain Research in Mechanism-based Physical Therapy. His expertise is in pain and central pain mechanism in osteoarthritis. On this week's episode of Joint Action, we discuss the use of opioids for osteoarthritis, opioid induced hyperalgesia and much more.

RESOURCES

• Mediating Effect of Pain Sensitization on the Paradoxical Relation of Taking Opioids to Pain Severity in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

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• Laboratory website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter/X
• Instagram

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On today’s episode of Joint Action, we discuss common misconceptions about osteoarthritis and how we can improve knowledge and build helpful beliefs. We are joined by Dr Ben Darlow. Ben is an Associate Professor at the University of Otago Wellington and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Specialist based in Wellington, New Zealand.  

RESOURCES

• Living with osteoarthritis is a balancing act: an exploration of patients' beliefs about knee pain
• The osteoarthritis knowledge scale

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On the final episode for 2023, we answer some listener questions. Best wishes for the end of 2023 and Happy Holidays!

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On this week's episode of Joint Action, learn more about the benefits of walking and running for managing your osteoarthritis and how you can get started.

We will hear from experts:

• Grace Lo (Season 3, Episode 14)
• Christian Barton (Season 3, Episode 16)

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The curse of midlife weight creep is a phenomenon where adults gain a small amount of weight each year. This weight gain has in impact on your osteoarthritis and other symptoms. On this week's episode of Joint Action, we are joined by Professor Flavia Cicuttini to discuss this important topic.

Professor Flavia Cicuttini is the Head of the Musculoskeletal Unit, Monash University and Head of Rheumatology, Alfred Hospital. Her principle research interests are the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, in particularly osteoarthritis.

RESOURCES

Youtube videos

• Slowing weight gain will reduce joint pain
• Slowing weight gain will reduce joint pain (Chinese language version)
• Slowing weight gain will reduce joint pain (Vietnamese language version)
• How to maintain weight for joint health
• How to maintain weight for joint health (Chinese language version)
• How to maintain weight for joint health (Vietnamese language version)

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Wendy is a registered clinical dietician, PhD researcher at Amsterdam UMC. Her research focusses on the effects of a plant-based diet, exercise, and stress reduction on arthritis.

RESOURCES

• Plants for Health website
• A multidisciplinary lifestyle program for metabolic syndrome-associated osteoarthritis: the "Plants for Joints" randomized controlled trial

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This episode of Nutrition Unlocked explores the role nutrition plays in managing osteoarthritis symptoms. Anna Mohl chats to Professor David Hunter, a Rheumatologist Epidemiologist, Professor of Medicine and Florance and Cope Chair of Rheumatology at the University of Sydney.

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What is early-stage knee osteoarthritis? How does it differ from later stage knee osteoarthritis? Learn more on this week's episode with Dr Jean Liew.

Dr Jean Liew is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Rheumatology at Boston University, where her clinical research currently focuses on knee osteoarthritis and axSpA.

RESOURCES

• A scoping review of how early-stage knee osteoarthritis has been defined

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• Twitter: @rheum_cat

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