Biomarkers in Osteoarthritis-Volume 2
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 1977
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomarkers; knee; osteoarthritis; sports medicine; arthroscopy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is an increasing incidence and prevalence of osteoarthritis due to the increasing population, increasing age, increasing BMI, and increasing multi-morbidity. Pain without cause for more than three months and degenerative changes on MRI indicate early osteoarthritis before degenerative changes are obvious on X-ray. Based on the accurate diagnosis and risk-benefit stratification it is essential to decide when to treat and to avoid overload on health costs.
Biomarkers are different indicators of physiological changes or disease processes and include physical, functional, and biochemical indicators. They provide information in determining or predicting disease prognosis, response to therapy, adverse events, interactions, and risks. There are a huge number of biomarkers in use, making it difficult to decide which biomarkers to use in osteoarthritis. Further, it may be a challenge to evaluate the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a biomarker.
This calls for better, precise, and easy biomarkers to decide the optimal treatment at the right time, to follow up on treatment, and to perform a useful follow-up.
This Special Issue aims to gather a collection of cutting-edge research on the different types of biomarkers to improve decision-making. The aim is to publish original discoveries within osteoarthritis from all medical and biomedical disciplines. The scope is to provide what is new and what is the trend in biomarkers in relation to osteoarthritis.
We welcome submissions on, but not limited to, the following topics within osteoarthritis:
- Biochemical;
- Proteomics;
- Molecular biology;
- Scoring;
- Functional;
- Diagnostic;
- Prognostic;
- Predictor;
- Outcome;
- Patient-reported outcome;
- Pathophysiology.
Prof. Dr. Sten Rasmussen
Guest Editor
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- Biomarkers in Osteoarthritis in Diagnostics (9 articles)
