Effect of a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention on body composition in people with osteoarthritis: Secondary analysis of the "Plants for Joints" randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The Plants for Joints (PFJ) intervention significantly improved pain, stiffness, and physical function, and metabolic outcomes, in people with metabolic syndrome-associated osteoarthritis (MSOA). This secondary analysis investigated its effects on body composition.

Method: In the randomized PFJ study, people with MSOA followed a 16-week intervention based on a whole-food plant-based diet, physical activity, and stress management, or usual care.

Clinical evaluation of optical spectral transmission imaging for detection of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective: To investigate the performance and factors of influence of optical spectral transmission (OST) imaging as a new technique for measuring joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Method: OST was performed in 24 RA patients and 37 controls. Mann-Whitney U-test was used to assess differences in OST score between RA patients and controls.

Using a Dedicated Extremity MRI Scanner for Depicting Anatomic Structures of Common Wrist Pathologies: A Pilot Comparison with a 3-Tesla MRI Scanner.

 This pilot study explored the value of a dedicated extremity magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner by focusing on the qualitative depiction of important wrist structures in common wrist pathologies, the overall image quality, artifacts, and participant experience in undergoing the examinations.  Images of the right wrist of 10 healthy adult volunteers were acquired with a 0.31-Tesla (T) dedicated extremity MRI and a 3-T MRI system, using a dedicated wrist coil.

The value of 3.0-tesla MRI in diagnosing scapholunate ligament injury.

Objective To determine the sensitivity and specificity of 3.0-tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a dedicated hand coil in diagnosing scapholunate ligament (SLL) injury compared with intraoperative findings. Methods From January 2006 until September 2010, 3.

Dynamic contrast-enhanced and ultra-high-resolution breast MRI at 7.0 Tesla.

Objective: To assess the feasibility of 7-T contrast-enhanced breast MRI in patients with suspicious masses.

Methods: Twenty patients with 23 suspicious breast masses on conventional imaging (mean size 13 mm, range 5-27 mm) were examined at 7 T. The MRI protocol included a dynamic series with injection of 0.