Osteoarthritis, Knee

"Osteoarthritis, Knee" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the knee joint consisting of three large categories: conditions that block normal synchronous movement, conditions that produce abnormal pathways of motion, and conditions that cause stress concentration resulting in changes to articular cartilage. (Crenshaw, Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, 8th ed, p2019)

Descriptor ID	D020370
MeSH Number(s)	C05.550.114.606.500 C05.799.613.500
Concept/Terms	Osteoarthritis, Knee Osteoarthritis, Knee Knee Osteoarthritides Knee Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritides, Knee Osteoarthritis Of Knee Knee, Osteoarthritis Of Knees, Osteoarthritis Of Osteoarthritis Of Knees

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Diseases [C]
Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
Joint Diseases [C05.550]
Arthritis [C05.550.114]
Osteoarthritis [C05.550.114.606]
Osteoarthritis, Knee [C05.550.114.606.500]
Rheumatic Diseases [C05.799]
Osteoarthritis [C05.799.613]
Osteoarthritis, Knee [C05.799.613.500]

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Bar chart showing 249 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 25 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	2	0	2
1999	3	0	3
2000	2	0	2
2001	3	0	3
2003	2	0	2
2004	1	0	1
2005	0	2	2
2007	2	0	2
2008	6	0	6
2009	3	0	3
2010	6	1	7
2011	6	0	6
2012	7	0	7
2013	15	0	15
2014	10	1	11
2015	23	2	25
2016	14	3	17
2017	22	2	24
2018	21	0	21
2019	15	0	15
2020	16	0	16
2021	7	0	7
2022	14	0	14
2023	12	0	12
2024	11	1	12
2025	9	0	9
2026	5	0	5

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Lo GH, Ji N, Patarini JC, McAlindon TE, Eaton CB, Driban JB. Do Not Throw Out the Radiographs! Radiographic Disease Severity as a Prognostic Biomarker for the Onset of Frequent Knee Pain. J Rheumatol. 2026 09 01; 53(9):1025-1027.

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Driban JB, Rokoff LB, Lu B, McAlindon TE, Eaton CB, Roberts MB, Mathes D, Lestician C, Xu ZC, Fan ZT, O'Leary SP, Haugen IK, Sellam J, Courties A, Fleisch AF. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Knee Osteoarthritis: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026 Oct; 78(10):2082-2088.

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Wagner JG, Hammond E, Boyer KA, Johnson J, Collins KH, Majumdar S, Souza RB. Gait Biomechanics During Early Stance Phase Predict Pain Flares in Persons With Patellofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis. JOSPT Open. 2026 Apr; 4(2):223-231.

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Xu S, Driban JB, Prakash PS, McAlindon TE, Eaton CB, Lu B. Metabolomic Signatures of Dietary Patterns and Incident Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Case-Cohort Study From the Osteoarthritis Initiative. J Rheumatol. 2026 04 01; 53(4):443-449.

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King LK, Weisman A, Shah BR, Goldberg R, Parikh A, Stanaitis I, Hung V, Nisenbaum R, Almodahka A, Lipscombe L, Hawker GA. Association Between Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Target Glycemic Control in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2026 Aug; 78(8):1049-1057.

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Zheng H, Ash AS, Liu SH, Yousef M, Allison J, Ayers DC. Satisfied but Failed: Patient Satisfaction Compared with Total Knee Arthroplasty Success Defined by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2026 May 20; 108(10):721-728.

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Lo GH, Tran ST, Patarini JC, Lee JC, McAlindon TE, Kriska AM, Rockette-Wagner B, Eaton CB, Hochberg MC, Kwoh CK, Nevitt MC, Driban JB. Gardening/yardwork over a lifetime is associated with less symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Clin Rheumatol. 2026 Feb; 45(2):1523-1532.

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Uhlrich SD, Mazzoli V, Silder A, Finlay AK, Kogan F, Gold GE, Delp SL, Beaupre GS, Kolesar JA. Personalised gait retraining for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Rheumatol. 2025 Oct; 7(10):e708-e718.

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Angeles JPM, Abella MKIL, McGovern AG, Espiritu JRB, Bankston ME, Arora P, Koltsov JCB, Finlay AK, Giori NJ, Huddleston JI, Maloney WJ, Goodman SB, Amanatullah DF. Patients Who Have Limited English Proficiency Are More Likely to Receive Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2026 03; 41(3):674-679.

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Tambiah J, Kennedy S, Swearingen C, McAlindon T, Yazici Y. Impact of structural severity on outcomes in knee osteoarthritis: an analysis of data from phase 2 and phase 3 lorecivivint clinical trials. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 05 01; 64(5):2583-2590.

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