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Anita E. Wluka

Anita E. Wluka

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19646
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National Ranking
546

Overview

Anita E. Wluka is a researcher affiliated with Monash University in Australia, specializing primarily in Medicine with a focus on Rheumatology. Their work encompasses related subfields including Pharmacology, Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, as well as Biomedical Engineering.

The major research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

Wluka has contributed extensively to literature, with several recent papers of note including:

  • Depression in patients with knee osteoarthritis: risk factors and associations with joint symptoms, 2021, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Effect of Intravenous Zoledronic Acid on Tibiofemoral Cartilage Volume Among Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis With Bone Marrow Lesions, 2020, JAMA
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of neuropathic-like pain and/or pain sensitization in people with knee and hip osteoarthritis, 2021, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Methotrexate to treat hand osteoarthritis with synovitis (METHODS): an Australian, multisite, parallel-group, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, 2023, The Lancet
  • Metformin as a potential disease-modifying drug in osteoarthritis: a systematic review of pre-clinical and human studies, 2022, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Flavia Cicuttini
  • Yuanyuan Wang
  • Sultana Monira Hussain
  • Graeme Jones
  • Changhai Ding

Wluka's work is often published in specific venues with higher frequency, reflecting areas of focused research and collaboration. These publication venues are:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Research Square
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open

Best Publications

  • Does knee malalignment increase the risk of development and progression of knee osteoarthritis? A systematic review.

    Stephanie Kartika Tanamas;Fahad Hanna;Flavia Maria Cicuttini;Anita Estelle Wluka

  • Incidence and risk factors for deep surgical site infection after primary total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review.

    Donna Michelle Urquhart;Fahad Hanna;Fahad Hanna;Sharon Lee Brennan;Anita Estelle Wluka;Anita Estelle Wluka

  • Association of cartilage defects with loss of knee cartilage in healthy, middle-age adults: a prospective study.

    Flavia Cicuttini;Changhai Ding;Anita Wluka;Susan Davis

  • The determinants of change in tibial cartilage volume in osteoarthritic knees.

    Anita E. Wluka;Stephen Stuckey;Judith Snaddon;Flavia M. Cicuttini

  • The natural history of cartilage defects in people with knee osteoarthritis.

    Miranda Davies-Tuck;Anita E Wluka;Anita E Wluka;YuanYuan Wang;Andrew Teichtahl

  • Rate of cartilage loss at two years predicts subsequent total knee arthroplasty: a prospective study

    Flavia Maria Cicuttini;G Jones;Andrew Benjamin Forbes;Anita Wluka

  • Longitudinal study of the relationship between knee angle and tibiofemoral cartilage volume in subjects with knee osteoarthritis

    Flavia Maria Cicuttini;Anita Wluka;Judy Hankin;YuanYuan Wang

  • Obesity: a preventable risk factor for large joint osteoarthritis which may act through biomechanical factors

    A Powell;A J Teichtahl;A E Wluka;F M Cicuttini

  • Users of oestrogen replacement therapy have more knee cartilage than non-users

    A E Wluka;S R Davis;M Bailey;S L Stuckey

  • Vitamin D supplementation to reduce depression in adults: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Usha Gowda;Mutsa Mutowo;Benjamin John Smith;Anita Estelle Wluka

  • Menopause, oestrogens and arthritis

    Anita Wluka;Flavia M Cicuttini;Timothy D Spector

  • Bone marrow lesions in people with knee osteoarthritis predict progression of disease and joint replacement: a longitudinal study

    Stephanie K Tanamas;Anita E Wluka;Jean-Pierre Pelletier;Johanne M Pelletier

  • Incidence of melanoma and other malignancies among rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with methotrexate

    Rachelle Buchbinder;Melissa Naughton Barber;L Heuzenroeder;Anita E Wluka

  • Fat infiltration of paraspinal muscles is associated with low back pain, disability, and structural abnormalities in community-based adults

    Andrew Teichtahl;Andrew Teichtahl;Donna Michelle Urquhart;YuanYuan Wang;Anita Estelle Wluka

  • Relationship between body adiposity measures and risk of primary knee and hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study.

    Yuanyuan Wang;Julie Anne Simpson;Julie Anne Simpson;Anita E Wluka;Anita E Wluka;Andrew J Teichtahl

  • Tackling obesity in knee osteoarthritis.

    Anita Estelle Wluka;Catherine B Lombard;Flavia Maria Cicuttini

  • Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Tibial Cartilage Volume and Knee Pain Among Patients With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Xingzhong Jin;Graeme Jones;Flavia Cicuttini;Anita Wluka

  • How does tibial cartilage volume relate to symptoms in subjects with knee osteoarthritis

    Anita Wluka;Rory St John Wolfe;S Stuckey;Flavia Maria Cicuttini

  • People with low back pain want clear, consistent and personalised information on prognosis, treatment options and self-management strategies: a systematic review

    Yuan Z Lim;Louisa Chou;Rebecca Tm Au;KL Maheeka D Seneviwickrama

  • Reviewing knee osteoarthritis--a biomechanical perspective.

    B D Jackson;Anita Wluka;Andrew Teichtahl;Meg E Morris

Frequent Co-Authors

Flavia M. Cicuttini
Flavia M. Cicuttini Monash University
Graeme Jones
Graeme Jones University of Tasmania
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Dallas R. English
Dallas R. English University of Melbourne
Julie A. Pasco
Julie A. Pasco Deakin University
Susan R. Davis
Susan R. Davis Monash University
Andrew Forbes
Andrew Forbes Monash University
Julie A. Simpson
Julie A. Simpson University of Melbourne
Peter R. Ebeling
Peter R. Ebeling Monash University
Jonathan E. Shaw
Jonathan E. Shaw Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

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