Osteoarthritis: Prevention Strategies, Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutic Approaches and Burden Caused
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 8276
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Interests: sustainable development; orthopedics; environment protection; three-dimensional printing
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Dear Colleagues,
Osteoarthritis (OA) is without a doubt the most prevalent joint disease worldwide. It represents major health problem due to an increasing older population with higher life expectancy, associated comorbidities such as obesity, and, more recently, limited access to medical care due to various situations such the COVID-19 pandemic, all contributing to the global burden of this disease. Recent therapeutic approaches aim to reverse and decelerate cartilage damage as joint arthroplasties have a high healthcare resource input and are the ultimate therapeutic choice. Novel non-operative strategies such as disease-modifying osteoarthritis drugs (DMOADs), autologous bone marrow cells (BMACs), and adipose-derived stromal cells (ADSCs) have been proposed to modify essential structures in the osteoarthritic joint. Tissue engineering represents another research direction in development that promises to restore the damaged articular cartilage with the use of biomaterials and genes. This Special Issue aims to highlight contributions focused on new advances for osteoarthritis prevention strategies and novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches that can also reduce the overall burden of this disease. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Updates on novel non-operative treatment strategies for osteoarthritis;
- 3D bioprinting techniques for osteochondral regeneration;
- Disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug (DMOAD) development;
- Regenerative orthopedics and joint preservation;
- Epidemiology and burden of osteoarthritis.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Flaviu Moldovan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hip osteoarthritis
- knee osteoarthritis
- regenerative medicine
- tissue scaffolds
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