WattImperial

Official account for Dr Fiona Watt's @ImperialImmuno lab group, researching new tests and developing new treatments for people at high risk for osteoarthritis.

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Our group is working with public contributors to design a clinical trial of hormone replacement therapy for improving the symptoms of hand osteoarthritis. Read more about HOPE for hand osteoarthritis here: https://t.co/sHd2PxobFg @ImperialCTU @ImperialImmuno @VersusArthritis

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Key point: participants with osteoarthritis or joint health issues thought that treatments aimed at improving structural knee damage (after a knee injury) were more important than those targeting knee symptoms alone.

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Our multi-disciplinary mixed methods study highlights the need to consider views of participants and clinicians in successful design of clinical trials aiming to prevent osteoarthritis https://t.co/3IClRYJPzE
@CLowe001 @Climbinggirl71 @KeeleUniversity @geoffbruce1 @ImperialImmuno

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Involving all relevant stakeholders, including knee injury patients and clinicians, in the co-creation of post-traumatic osteoarthritis studies will increase the quality and feasibility of trial designs.

#BJR #Arthritis #OpenAccess @WattImperial

https://t.co/gyjWRhBEIL

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Work with @lukejostins, now about to do a big meta-analysis with @elezeggini @lab_mcdonald and others. @ImperialImmuno @OACentreOxford @CentreforSEOA @stefankluzek @ndorms @versusarthritis @uk_biobank

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Our new study shows the lifetime effects of a knee joint injury on knee osteoarthritis risk in the UK Biobank. Low power to map genes, but first step in what will soon be a worldwide GWAS meta-analysis.
https://t.co/LuVjeQj60d