Concurrent Session 8: Beyond Hip and Knee OA

Moderators: Martin van der Esch & Margreet Kloppenburg

Molecular Pathways in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Facet Joint OA 
Raja Rampersaud

Abstract Presentations:

53 METHODS - A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF METHOTREXATE TO TREAT HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS WITH SYNOVITIS: A POST-HOC ANALYSIS            
Flavia Cicuttini

54 METABOLIC SYNDROME IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORE PAIN IN HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS: RESULTS FROM THE DIGICOD COHORT   
Alix Charton

55 CHRONIC EROSIVE HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS HAVE HIGHER RISK TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE PAIN THAN TREATED RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN DIGICOD AND ESPOIR COHORTS           
Alice Courties

56 DETERMINATION OF AN EPIGENETIC POLYGENIC RISK SCORE TO PREDICT RECOVERY FROM PAIN FOLLOWING SURGICAL INTERVENTION FOR LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS DUE TO SPINE OSTEOARTHRITIS
Raja Rampersaud

57 THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF RADIOGRAPHIC OSTEOARTHRITIS AND PAIN IN MULTIPLE SITES: THE JOHNSTON COUNTY OSTEOARTHRITIS PROJECT              
Amanda E. Nelson