"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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| 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 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2014 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2016 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2017 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| 2020 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteoarthritis, Knee" by people in Profiles.
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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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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 Jan; 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.
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A virtual knee replacement (vKR) multi-component endpoint for knee osteoarthritis based on patient-reported PROs: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2025 Nov; 33(11):1372-1381.
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A comprehensive evaluation and meta-analysis of the efficacy of autologous conditioned serum vs platelet-rich plasma in knee osteoarthritis treatment. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2025 Dec 22; 32(4):497-503.
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Home-Based, Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves the Overall Pain Experience of Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis. Pain Res Manag. 2025; 2025:1783171.
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Hospital and Patient Factors Associated With Length of Hospitalization in Patients Who Have Osteoarthritis Undergoing Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Analysis of National Data. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Apr; 40(4):887-892.e2.
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Alopecia areata is associated with an increased risk of osteoarthritis of the knee and hip: a retrospective cohort analysis. Arch Dermatol Res. 2024 Oct 10; 316(9):672.
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Methotrexate: Borrowed Hope for Persons With Knee Osteoarthritis? Ann Intern Med. 2024 Sep; 177(9):1271-1272.