"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.550.114.606.500 C05.799.613.500
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| 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Osteoarthritis, Knee" by people in this website by year, and whether "Osteoarthritis, Knee" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2011 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2013 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2014 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2016 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2017 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| 2020 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteoarthritis, Knee" by people in Profiles.
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Platelet-rich plasma plus hyaluronic acid vs platelet-rich plasma intra-articular injections for knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Adv Clin Exp Med. 2026 May; 35(5):753-764.
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Exosomes and Small Extracellular Vesicles as an Alternative to Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis: From Biological Rationale to Clinical Evidence. Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Apr 23; 27(9).
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Subchondral bone density and trabecular morphometry mediate the association between knee malalignment and osteophyte progression in osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative. Clin Rheumatol. 2026 Jun; 45(6):3733-3747.
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Insights into the complex relationship between pain and imaging-detected structural damage in knee osteoarthritis. Skeletal Radiol. 2026 Jul; 55(7):1513-1527.
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Predicting Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain and Symptoms: A Machine Learning Approach. Clin J Pain. 2026 Apr 01; 42(4).
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Feasibility and predictive value of proposed early endpoints for randomized controlled trials in knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 May; 34(5):732-739.
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Human Knee as an Organ: Joint Tissue Collection, Processing, and Scoring for Multimodal Analyses. Lab Invest. 2026 Feb; 106(2):104269.
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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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Intersectional racial, ethnic, and sex-based disparities in length of stay after total hip and knee arthroplasty: An analysis of national data. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 01; 34(1):160-166.
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MRI versus radiography as eligibility screening tool for knee osteoarthritis clinical trials: Data from the osteoarthritis initiative. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2025 Oct; 74:152818.