Joint distraction, the prolonged mechanical separation of the bones at a joint, has emerged
as a joint-preserving treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis, with the gradually growing …

Objective Knee joint distraction (KJD) is a joint-preserving osteoarthritis treatment that may
postpone a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in younger patients. This systematic review and …

Objective Both, knee joint distraction (KJD) and high tibial osteotomy (HTO) are joint-
preserving surgeries that postpone total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in younger osteoarthritis …

Purpose The Applied Public-Private Research enabling OsteoArthritis Clinical Headway
(APPROACH) consortium intends to prospectively describe in detail, preselected patients …

Objectives Knee joint distraction (KJD) has been evaluated as a joint-preserving treatment to
postpone total knee arthroplasty in knee osteoarthritis patients in three clinical trials. Since …

The association between structural changes and pain sensation in osteoarthritis (OA)
remains unclear. Joint deterioration in OA leads to the release of protein fragments that can …

Objectives Knee joint distraction (KJD) has been shown to result in long-term clinical
improvement and short-term cartilage restoration in young OA patients. The objective of the …

Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) patients with a neuropathic pain (NP) component may
represent a specific phenotype. This study compares joint damage, pain and functional …

Knee joint distraction (KJD) is a novel technique for relatively young knee osteoarthritis (OA)
patients. With KJD, an external distraction device creates temporary total absence of contact …

Objectives Knee joint distraction (KJD) has been associated with clinical and structural
improvement and SF marker changes. The current objective was to analyse radiographic …