Below is a list of OAPol Select Media Coverage. For archived media coverage, click here. For coverage of all research and faculty at OrACORe, click here.
February 2015 – Arthritis Care and Research Article – “Lifetime medical costs of knee osteoarthritis in the United States: impact of extending indications for total knee arthroplasty”
- MedPage Today – “What is the Real Cost of a New Knee?”
March 2013 – Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Article – “Estimating the burden of total knee replacement in the United States”
- medWire News – “High prevalence of total knee replacement revealed”
- Orthopedics this Week – “TKR incidence data in U.S.”
November 2012 – ACR Abstract – “Race- and sex-specific estimates of 10-, 20-, 30-year, and lifetime risk of diagnosed symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and the need for TKR in the US.
- Rheumatology News – American College of Rheumatology Press Release (Nov. 2012)
- Arthritis Today – “Female minorities are most at risk of knee osteoarthritis”
- Rheumatology News – “Model predicts lifetime risk for knee OA”
- Practical Pain Management – “Race and gender found key risk factors for osteoarthritis of the knee”
February 2012 – AAOS Abstract – “How Many Americans are Currently Living with Total Knee Replacement?”
- NBC Nightly News – “Knee replacements triple”
- CBS News – “Nearly 1 in 20 Americans over 50 have artificial knees, according to first national estimate”
- USA Today (Your Life) – “Baby Boomers’ demand, expectations for new knees soar”
- US News & World Report – “More than 4 Million Americans Have New Knee”
- Huffington Post – “Nearly 1 In 20 US Adults Over 50 Has A Fake Knee”
- BWH Bulletin – “Americans and Artificial Knees: Study Finds Younger Patients Are Having Knee Replacement Surgery”