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About arthritis
Read about arthritis - including each type of condition, exercise, treatments, symptoms, real experiences, data, information for young people and professionals.
- What is arthritis?
- Conditions
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Acute CPP crystal arthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Behcets syndrome
- Bursitis
- Calcific periarthritis
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- Cryoglobulin-associated vasculitis
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
- Elbow pain
- Enthesitis-related JIA
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Extended oligoarthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Foot and ankle pain
- Giant cell arteritis (GCA)
- Gout
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Hammer toes
- Hand and wrist pain
- Henoch–Schönlein purpura
- Hip pain
- Immunoglobulin A vasculitis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Kawasaki disease
- Knee pain
- Lupus (SLE)
- Lyme arthritis
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Myositis
- Neck pain
- Oligoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis (OA) of the elbow and shoulder
- Osteoarthritis (OA) of the foot and ankle
- Osteoarthritis of the hand and wrist
- Osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip
- Osteoarthritis of the knee
- Osteoarthritis (OA) of the spine
- Osteomalacia
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Palindromic rheumatism
- Plantar fasciitis
- Polyarthritis
- Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)
- Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Reactive arthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Shoulder pain
- Sjögren's syndrome
- Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
- Systemic-onset JIA
- Takayasu arteritis
- Valgus heel
- Vasculitis
- Adult-onset Still’s disease
- Tibialis posterior dysfunction
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- Common aches and pains
- Exercising with arthritis
- Exercises for healthy joints
- Exercises for the back
- Exercises for the elbows
- Exercises for the toes, feet and ankles
- Exercises for the fingers, hands and wrists
- Exercises for the neck
- Exercises for the hips
- Exercises for the knees
- Exercises for the shoulders
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- Treatments
- Drugs
- Abatacept
- Adalimumab
- Allopurinol
- Amitriptyline
- Apremilast
- Aspirin
- Azathioprine
- Baricitinib
- Belimumab
- Bisphosphonates
- Calcitonin
- Calcium and Vitamin D
- Certolizumab pegol
- Ciclosporin
- Cyclophosphamide
- Denosumab
- Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
- Drugs for osteoporosis
- Etanercept
- Febuxostat
- Gold injections
- Golimumab
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Hyaluronan injections
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Ibuprofen
- Iloprost
- Infliximab
- Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg)
- Leflunomide
- Methotrexate
- Mycophenolate
- Opioid painkilling patches
- Painkillers and NSAIDs
- Raloxifene
- Rituximab
- Sarilumab
- Secukinumab
- Steroid injections
- Steroids
- Sulfasalazine
- Teriparatide and parathyroid hormone
- Tocilizumab
- Tofacitinib
- Ustekinumab
- Ixekizumab
- Electronic pain relief
- Splints
- Therapies
- Surgery
- Foot and ankle surgery
- Hand and wrist surgery
- Hip replacement surgery
- Knee replacement surgery
- Shoulder and elbow replacement
- Metal-on-metal hip replacement Q and A
- Types of anaesthetic
- Preparing for surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Who will treat you?
- Complementary and alternative treatments
- What are complementary and alternative treatments?
- Types of complementary treatments
- Acupuncture
- Alexander technique
- Andrographis paniculata
- Anthocyanidins
- Antler velvet
- Aromatherapy
- Blackcurrant seed oil
- Borage seed oil
- Capsaicin
- Cat's claw
- Cetylated fatty acids (CFAs)
- Chondroitin
- Collagen
- Copper bracelets
- Devil's claw
- Diet and nutritional supplements
- Duhuo Jisheng Wan (DJW)
- Evening primrose oil
- Feverfew
- Fish oils
- Flaxseed oil
- Flexiseq
- Ginger
- Glucosamine
- Green-lipped mussel
- Healing
- Herbal medicine
- Homeopathy
- Indian frankincense
- Magnet therapy
- Manipulative therapies
- Massage
- Meditation, t ai chi and yoga
- MSM
- Pine bark extracts
- Relaxation, hypnosis and cognitive therapies
- Rosehip
- SAMe
- Selenium
- Stinging nettle
- Turmeric
- Vitamins A, C and E
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- Your questions on drugs and specific conditions
- Your stories
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- Introduction to the musculoskeletal assessment
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About us
Arthritis impacts millions of people in millions of ways, taking away life’s fundamentals. We believe this is unacceptable. We're Versus Arthritis.
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Learn more about our approach to research into arthritis, our current grants, application deadlines, anti-TNF treatment, news and involving people in research.
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- Ankylosing spondylitis - Understanding the role of the NOS2 gene
- Ankylosing spondylitis - Using zebrafish to understand how and why osteoarthritis develops
- Ankylosing spondylitis - Understanding genetic risk of ankylosing spondylitis
- Ankylosing spondylitis - Preventing unwanted bone formation in arthritis
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- Ankylosing spondylitis - Do anti-inflammatory drugs undermine the use of MRI
- Ankylosing spondylitis - Fibromyalgia optimal management for patients
- Ankylosing spondylitis - Understanding the role of T cells
- Ankylosing spondylitis - Lessening the impact of fatigue
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- Back pain - Repeated exposure to pain in fibromyalgia alters the brain signalling
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- Complex regional pain syndrome - Using a sensory training system
- Complex regional pain syndrome - Understanding what causes pain
- Crystal arthropathy - Can omega-3 fats help prevent side effects
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- Fibromyalgia - Patient centred care for fibromyalgia
- Fibromyalgia - Investigating body and brain mechanisms of pain and fatigue
- Frozen shoulder - The influence of diabetes on treatments for frozen shoulder
- Hypermobility - A novel targeted treatment for reducing anxiety
- IVD degeneration - Producing cells for repairing damaged shock absorber discs in the spine
- IVD degeneration - Developing a new injectable treatment
- Osteoarthritis - Developing a sensor to monitor conditions
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - A trial of tocilizumab in patients
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre for Children
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Investigating the role of regulatory T cells
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology Versus Arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Personalised treatment for childhood arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Childhood arthritis prospective study
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Development of a new ACTH-based treatment
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Improving delivery of care and self management for young people with arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Reducing persistent pain
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Investigating the safety and effectiveness of biologic treatments
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Identifying new treatments
- Pain - Identifying children who develop chronic pain after a fracture injury
- Knee pain - Apatella TM
- Knee pain - Joint replacement surgery
- Knee pain - Increasing the activity
- Knee pain - Porta-press
- Muscle weakness - Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research
- Muscle weakness - Nerve cells that are responsible for musculoskeletal pain
- Muscle weakness - Understanding the role of white blood cells in juvenile dermatomyositis
- Myositis - Developing a method for monitoring muscle inflammation
- Osteoarthritis - Investigating the potential of using broccoli to treat osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis - A first-in-human study to test a scaffold treatment
- Osteoarthritis - Reducing infections of bone implants for people with arthritis
- Osteoarthritis - promote
- Osteoarthritis - Mapping molecular changes within the osteoarthritis joint
- Osteoarthritis - Identifying the role of lncRNAs
- Osteoarthritis - Biomarkers and joint pain in military osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis - Biomechanics and Bioengineering Research Centre Versus Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis - Can we predict risk of knee pain and osteoarthritis?
- Osteoarthritis - Cell therapy for osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis - Centre for Integrated Research into Musculoskeletal Ageing
- Osteoarthritis - Centre for Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis Versus Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis - Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis - Using zebrafish to track changes in cells
- Osteoporosis - Understanding the role of genes
- Osteoarthritis - Developing mathematical tools
- Osteoarthritis - Development of a new biological therapy
- Osteoarthritis - Understanding what causes common hand conditions
- Osteoarthritis - Escape Pain Programme - Sports England
- Osteoarthritis - Investigating the potential use of electronic-rehabilitation programmes
- Osteoarthritis - Osteoarthritis genetics to restore healthy joint cartilage
- Osteoarthritis - Using illusions to explore brain processes
- Osteoarthritis - Understanding the role bone marrow
- Osteoarthritis - Loss of the cartilage component Fibrillin-1
- Osteoarthritis - The PRELIM initiative
- Osteoarthritis - Using bone marrow stem cells
- Osteoarthritis - Harnessing the potential of 17-HDHA a novel biomarker of OA pain status
- Osteoarthritis - Identifying a new treatment strategy
- Osteoarthritis - Improving the quality of life of people with joint pain
- Osteoarthritis - Can we identify markers
- Osteoarthritis - Can we make surgery better
- Osteoarthritis - Mechanisms of musculoskeletal pain
- Osteoarthritis - Synovial fluid to define molecular endotypes
- Osteoarthritis - Development of a new screening method
- Osteoarthritis - Do lncRNAs control inflammation and joint damage
- Osteoarthritis - Developing a system for measuring hip shape
- Osteoarthritis - Pain Centre Versus Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis - Comparing performance, costs and current practice
- Osteoarthritis - Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis - Repurposing AMP367 to prevent post-traumatic osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis - The role of the nerve growth mediator semaphorin 3A
- Osteoarthritis - Investigating the processes involved in cartilage destruction
- Osteoarthritis - Identify hip abnormalities in newborns
- Osteoarthritis - SirT1 regulation of autophagy in bone and joint
- Osteoarthritis - Supported self-management for people living with msk pain
- Osteoarthritis - Suramin - a new hope for blocking osteoarthritic cartilage loss?
- Osteoarthritis - Targeting body clocks
- Osteoarthritis - Understanding how changes in molecular structure affect cartilage health and repair
- Osteoarthritis - The application of Raman arthrospectroscopy for intra-operative mapping
- Osteoarthritis - The usefulness of thumb splinting for people with thumb base osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis - A clinical trial of denosumab
- Osteoarthritis - The role of Agrin
- Osteoarthritis - The role of gender, menopause and sex hormones in hand osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis - The role of microRNAs
- Osteoarthritis - Role of the nerve protein TRPM3
- Osteoarthritis - Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Therapies Centre Versus Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis - Role of the nerve protein TRPC5
- Osteoarthritis - Does a molecule found in fungus hold promise for treatment
- Osteoarthritis - Improving understanding of stem cells
- Osteoarthritis - Using mathematical models to identify brain changes
- Osteonecrosis - Targeting blood vessel growth to improve bone repair
- Osteopetrosis - Mapping phenotypic to genetic variability
- Osteoporosis - Using the computer to better identify spine fractures
- Osteoporosis - Vitamin D supplementation on neonatal bone mass
- Osteoporosis - Developing a screening checklist
- Osteoporosis - Improving hip fracture care
- Osteoporosis - Targeting damage related proteins
- Pain - Matched funding of a commission on paediatric pain
- Polymyalgia rheumatica - Understanding long-term outcomes of treatments
- Psoriatic arthritis - Central nervous system pain
- Psoriatic arthritis - IL-37a: a novel anti-inflammatory agent
- Psoriatic arthritis - Are microbes in the gut and skin responsible
- Psoriatic arthritis - Exercise and physical activity in patients
- Rheumatoid arthritis - WORKWELL
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Activated in healthcare
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre, Cardiff
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre, King's College London
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Investigating how anti-inflammatory molecules are switched on
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Behavioural and neural indicators of fatigue
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Understanding the role of white blood cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Creating a computer model of immune cell function
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Defining the role of cell migration
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Oral inflammation promote RA
- Rheumatoid arthritis - How anti-TNF therapy makes T-cells switch roles
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Looking at joint tissue
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Binding of antibodies to macrophages
- Rheumatoid arthritis - 3D printed wrist splints
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Understanding dying cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - How do changes in the PTPN22 gene cause autoimmune disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Exploring three DNA areas
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Understanding what causes changes to cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Investigating the potential of drug delivery directly to damaged cartilage
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Different forms of joint disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Immune cells in the blood
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Developing a new method to image blood vessel
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Implementing the MSK-HQ
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Integrating innovative technologies for genotyping
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Understanding the role of dendritic integrins
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Investigating stem cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Molecular sulfation changes
- Rheumatoid arthritis - The role of miRNAs
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Understanding the role of gut bacteria
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Controlling inflammatory cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Communication between different cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Stopping the development of harmful T-cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Understanding why pain persists
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Injecting tolerogenic dendritic cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Predicting the success of therapies
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Immune responses
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Steroid production
- Rheumatoid arthritis - A new way to switch off unwanted inflammation
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Nerve proteins HCN2 and AT2
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Can an app improve mental and physical health
- Rheumatoid arthritis - The quality of life impact of living with arthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Norfolk Arthritis Register
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Nurse and Allied Health Professional internship programme
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Developing a wrist support
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Omega-3 fats
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Investigating whether bacteria can disrupt the immune system
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Switching off the pro-inflammatory state of immune cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Sleep and rheumatoid arthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Developing predictive and preventative approaches
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Delivering drugs directly to the joint
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Inhibiting blood vessels to stop the spread of inflammatory pain
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Cartilage damage
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Nav 1.7 proteins in nerves
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Reducing variation in care for people
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Investigating the role of the protein galactin-1
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Factors that influence the severity of RA
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Identifying new ways to treat rheumatoid arthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Differences in the microbiome
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Do gut bacteria influence immunity
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Using genetics to find novel drug targets
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Temporomandibular disorders
- Rheumatoid arthritis - UK Japan Pain, Action and Movement Network
- Rheumatoid arthritis - UK Research in Musculoskeletal Epidemiology
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Uncovering a role for TRPM2 ion channels
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Investigating mechanisms of early disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Bad stem cells
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Investigating DNA changes
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Utilising the circadian clock
- Rheumatoid arthritis - The role of proteins
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Manipulating immune cells to treat arthritis
- Scleroderma - Developing a new scoring scheme
- Scleroderma - A study of prednisolone therapy
- Scleroderma - Thickening of tissues in systemic sclerosis
- Scleroderma - Mycophenolate in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis
- Scleroderma - Developing a treatment for calcinosis
- Shoulder pain - Better approach to assess and treat shoulder pain
- Sjögren’s syndrome - Investigating lack of response to rituximab
- Sjögren’s syndrome - What drives immune cell activation
- Sjögren’s syndrome - Salivary electro-stimulation
- Sjögren’s syndrome - Development of Sjögren's syndrome
- Systemic lupus erythematosis - Iron deficiency and fatigue
- Systemic lupus erythematosis - The role of TAM receptors
- Systemic lupus erythematosis - Investigating genetic variations
- Systemic lupus erythematosis - Interferon alpha
- Systemic lupus erythematosis - How can male sex hormones influence the risk of developing juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus
- Systemic lupus erythematosis - Precision type I interferon biomarkers
- Systemic lupus erythematosis - Evaluating the potential of belimumab
- Systemic lupus erythematosis - Understanding blood vessels
- Tendonitis - Achilles tendon pain
- Tendonitis - Understanding how damage is caused in tendon disease
- Tendonitis - New surgical tools for tendon repair
- Tendonitis - Locating the cells responsible for tendon repair
- Traumatic fracture - Developing an enhanced bone repair material
- Vasculitis - Using rituximab to prevent the return of ANCA vasculitis
- Vasculitis - Vaccine responses in ANCA
- Vasculitis - Improving healthcare delivery
- Vasculitis - Gene therapy for treatment of DADA2 vasculitis
- Vasculitis - Bacteria found in the nose
- Scleroderma - Developing a smartphone app
- Traumatic fracture - Developing an injectable medical device
- Osteoarthritis - Walk with Ease UK
- Osteoarthritis - Evaluating the use of non-operative osteoarthritis treatments
- Polyarteritis nodosa - Investigating the drug mycophenolate mofetil
- Rheumatoid arthritis - How do certain types of immune cell protect against joint inflammation
- Knee pain - BioLig
- Chronic pain - Improving detection and treatment of distress in people with chronic MSK pain
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Developing new antibody-based treatments
- Lupus - Does the protein IL-36 play a role in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?
- Osteoporosis - The role of the media in influencing perceptions
- Systemic sclerosis - Understanding how immune cells become unregulated
- Ankylosing spondylitis - Investigating which genes and cell types contribute to inflammation
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Exploring the role of platelet cells in inflammation
- Osteoarthritis - 3D printed surgical guides
- Osteoarthritis - Understanding how TSG-6 protein contributes to the natural protection of joint tissues
- Osteoarthritis - Targeting the cell-signalling protein lymphotactin
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Using magnetic stimulation
- Fibromyalgia - Using virtual reality body illusions
- Chronic pain - Does nerve inflammation lead to chronic pain following whiplash?
- Sjogren’s syndrome - Development of a digital self-management tool
- Osteoarthritis - Developing a tailored exercise programme
- Scleroderma - Can immune suppressant drugs help
- Rheumatoid arthritis - A new questionnaire for detecting central pain sensitisation in people
- Back pain - Do bacterial infections in the spine contribute to disc degeneration
- Fibromyalgia - Developing a non-invasive technique to diagnose small fibre nerve damage
- Osteoarthritis - Can we identify biological markers in joint fluid
- Osteoarthritis - Investigating the role of a protein Rbfox1
- Low back pain - How do people with low back pain adapt their posture
- Osteoarthritis - Targeting osteoarthritic pain through Proteinase Activated Receptor 2
- Ankylosing Spondylitis - Targeting messengers in the immune system
- Osteoarthritis - How do immune cells detect and help to repair cartilage damage
- Rheumatoid arthritis - How do gut bacteria influence the development
- Systemic sclerosis - Using artificial intelligence to monitor the progression
- Osteoarthritis - How do serpin proteins help to protect against cartilage damage
- Shoulder pain - Targeting the cells driving frozen shoulder
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Improving communication between young people and clinicians
- Rheumatoid arthritis - Studying the interactions between different cells that can cause joint inflammation
- Fibromyalgia - Developing a better way to detect overactive nerves in chronic pain
- Vasculitis - Improving healthcare delivery for patients with rare rheumatic diseases
- Systemic lupus erythematosus - Understanding the role of TAM receptors
- Osteoporosis - Improving hip fracture care in England and Wales
- COVID-19 - The role of the immune system in developing fatigue
- COVID-19 - The effects of COVID-19 on the immune cells of people with rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteoarthritis - Does loss of the cartilage component Fibrillin-1 contribute to osteoarthritis development?
- Rheumatoid arthritis - How is the daily cycle of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms linked to the body clock and the bacteria in the gut?
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