November 2005

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Relationships between tibial rim alignment and joint space width measurement reproducibility in non-fluoroscopic radiographs of osteoarthritic knees
• R.J. Ward,
• J. Chris Buckland-Wright,
• F. Wolfe
Published in issue: November 2005
p945-952

Trapeziometacarpal subluxation predisposes to incident trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis (OA): the Framingham study
• D.J. Hunter,
• Y. Zhang,
• J. Sokolove,
• J. Niu,
• P. Aliabadi,
• D.T. Felson
Published in issue: November 2005
p953-957

Altered cartilage mechanics and histology in knee osteoarthritis: relation to clinical assessment (ICRS Grade)
• R.U. Kleemann,
• D. Krocker,
• A. Cedraro,
• J. Tuischer,
• G.N. Duda
Published in issue: November 2005
p958-963

Prestrain decreases cartilage susceptibility to injury by ramp compression in vitro
• V. Morel,
• A. Merçay,
• T.M. Quinn
Published in issue: November 2005
p964-970

Cyclical articular joint loading leads to cartilage thinning and osteopontin production in a novel in vivo rabbit model of repetitive finger flexion
• K.B. King,
• C.F. Opel,
• D.M. Rempel
Published in issue: November 2005
p971-978

Osteoblasts from the sclerotic subchondral bone downregulate aggrecan but upregulate metalloproteinases expression by chondrocytes. This effect is mimicked by interleukin-6, -1β and oncostatin M pre-treated non-sclerotic osteoblasts
• C. Sanchez,
• M.A. Deberg,
• N. Piccardi,
• P. Msika,
• J.-Y.L. Reginster,
• Y.E. Henrotin
Published in issue: November 2005
p979-987

Subchondral bone osteoblasts induce phenotypic changes in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes
• C. Sanchez,
• M.A. Deberg,
• N. Piccardi,
• P. Msika,
• J.-Y.L. Reginster,
• Y.E. Henrotin
Published in issue: November 2005
p988-997

Cancellous bone changes in hip osteoarthritis: a short-term longitudinal study using fractal signature analysis
• C.D. Papaloucas,
• R.J. Ward,
• C.J. Tonkin,
• C. Buckland-Wright
Published in issue: November 2005
p998-1003

Accumulation of mitochondrial DNA with 4977-bp deletion in knee cartilage – an association with idiopathic osteoarthritis
• Ming-Chau Chang,
• Shih-Chieh Hung,
• Winby York-Kwan Chen,
• ...
• Kai-Li Wang,
• Chung-Chih Chiou,
• Yau-Huei Wei
Published in issue: November 2005
p1004-1011

Low calcium levels in serum-free media maintain chondrocyte phenotype in monolayer culture and reduce chondrocyte aggregation in suspension culture
• A. Gigout,
• M. Jolicoeur,
• M.D. Buschmann
Published in issue: November 2005
p1012-1024

BRIEF REPORTS

Interleukin-6 gene polymorphism and risk of osteoarthritis of the hip: a case–control study
• E. Pola,
• P. Papaleo,
• R. Pola,
• ...
• F.C. Tamburelli,
• L. Aulisa,
• C.A. Logroscino
Published in issue: November 2005
p1025-1028

Second-look arthroscopy of cartilage changes of the patellofemoral joint, especially the patella, following acute and recurrent patellar dislocation
• E. Nomura,
• M. Inoue
Published in issue: November 2005
p1029-1036

Letter to the Editor: Reply to the letter by Max I. Hamburger
• J.-P. Raynauld,
• C.H. Goldsmith,
• G.W. Torrance
Published in issue: November 2005
p1037-1038

Letter to the Editor: Response to the article by Raynauld et al.
• M.I. Hamburger
Published in issue: November 2005
p1039-1040