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Overview

David T. Felson is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a significant concentration in rheumatology. Other notable subfields include surgery, biomedical engineering, orthopedics and sports medicine, and pharmacology.

The main topics covered in their work include osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, total knee arthroplasty outcomes, lower extremity biomechanics and pathologies, knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, hip disorders and treatments, and bone and joint diseases.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David T. Felson include Michael C. Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, J.A. Lynch, Tuhina Neogi, and Ali Guermazi.

David T. Felson has contributed extensively to various scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open
  • Arthritis Care & Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee, 2020, published in Arthritis Care & Research
  • 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee, 2020, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation, Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation, or a Strength-Training Exercise Program on Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults, 2020, published in JAMA
  • Does cartilage loss cause pain in osteoarthritis and if so, how much?, 2020, published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • American College of Rheumatology/EULAR remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: 2022 revision, 2022, published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

David T. Felson has received recognition as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • 2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative.

    Daniel Aletaha;Tuhina Neogi;Alan J. Silman;Julia Funovits

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States. Part II.

    Reva C. Lawrence;David T. Felson;Charles G. Helmick;Lesley M. Arnold

  • Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and selected musculoskeletal disorders in the United States

    Reva C. Lawrence;Charles G. Helmick;Frank C. Arnett;Richard A. Deyo

  • Osteoarthritis: New Insights Part 1: The Disease and Its Risk Factors

    D. T. Felson;R. C. Lawrence;P. A. Dieppe;R. Hirsch

  • American college of rheumatology preliminary definition of improvement in rheumatoid arthritis

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Jennifer J. Anderson;Jennifer J. Anderson;Maarten Boers;Claire Bombardier;Claire Bombardier

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Jerry Abraham;Mohammed K. Ali;Miriam Alvarado

  • The American College of Rheumatology preliminary core set of disease activity measures for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. The Committee on Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials.

    Felson Dt;Anderson Jj;Boers M;Bombardier C

  • The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly. The Framingham Osteoarthritis Study.

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Allan Naimark;Jennifer Anderson;Lewis Kazis

  • The effects of specific medical conditions on the functional limitations of elders in the Framingham Study.

    A. A. Guccione;D. T. Felson;J. J. Anderson;J. M. Anthony

  • 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee

    Sharon L. Kolasinski;Tuhina Neogi;Marc C. Hochberg;Carol Oatis

  • An update on the epidemiology of knee and hip osteoarthritis with a view to prevention

    David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang

  • The Role of Knee Alignment in Disease Progression and Functional Decline in Knee Osteoarthritis

    Leena Sharma;Jing Song;David T. Felson;September Cahue

  • American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Provisional Definition of Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis for Clinical Trials

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Josef S. Smolen;George Wells;Bi Zhang

  • Osteoarthritis: New Insights

    David T. Felson;Timothy McAlindon

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Treatment of Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Quality Assessment and Meta-analysis

    Timothy E. McAlindon;Michael P. LaValley;Juan P. Gulin;David T. Felson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Nevitt
Michael C. Nevitt University of California, San Francisco
Ali Guermazi
Ali Guermazi Boston University
Jingbo Niu
Jingbo Niu Boston University
Frank W. Roemer
Frank W. Roemer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Yuqing Zhang
Yuqing Zhang Harvard University
Tuhina Neogi
Tuhina Neogi Boston University
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
John A. Lynch
John A. Lynch University of California, San Francisco
James C. Torner
James C. Torner University of Iowa

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