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Overview

James C. Torner is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Rheumatology, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Psychology, and Pharmacology as subfields of study.

Their work addresses several main topics including:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Knee Injuries and Reconstruction Techniques
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Cora E. Lewis
  • Michael C. Nevitt
  • David T. Felson
  • Tuhina Neogi
  • J.A. Lynch

Their publications often appear in journals such as:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Arthritis Care & Research
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • The Journal of Rheumatology
  • Women s Health Issues

Recent papers by James C. Torner include:

  • Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis With Use of Intraarticular Glucocorticoids Versus Hyaluronic Acid, 2021, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Metabolic osteoarthritis - relation of diabetes and cardiovascular disease with knee osteoarthritis, 2020, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Restricting Branched-Chain Amino Acids within a High-Fat Diet Prevents Obesity, 2022, Metabolites
  • Association of Intermittent and Constant Knee Pain Patterns With Knee Pain Severity and With Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis Duration and Severity, 2020, Arthritis Care & Research
  • Association of Serum Low-Density Lipoprotein, High-Density Lipoprotein, and Total Cholesterol With Development of Knee Osteoarthritis, 2020, Arthritis Care & Research

Best Publications

  • Randomised trial of effect of alendronate on risk of fracture in women with existing vertebral fractures

    Dennis M Black;Steven R Cummings;David B Karpf;Jane A Cauley

  • The International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery. Part 1 Overall management results

    Kassell Nf;Torner Jc;Haley Ec;Jane Ja

  • The International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery. Part 2: Surgical results.

    Kassell Nf;Torner Jc;Jane Ja;Haley Ec

  • Development of the PHASES score for prediction of risk of rupture of intracranial aneurysms: a pooled analysis of six prospective cohort studies.

    Jacoba P Greving;Marieke J H Wermer;Robert D Brown;Akio Morita;Akio Morita

  • Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    B. Gregory Thompson;Robert D. Brown;Sepideh Amin-Hanjani;Joseph P. Broderick

  • Medical complications of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A report of the multicenter, cooperative aneurysm study

    Solenski Nj;Haley Ec;Kassell Nf;Kongable G

  • Clinical outcome of radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations

    Ladislau Steiner;Christer Lindquist;John R. Adler;James C. Torner

  • Epidemiologic association between prostatitis and prostate cancer

    Leslie K Dennis;Charles F Lynch;James C Torner

  • Varus and valgus alignment and incident and progressive knee osteoarthritis

    Leena Sharma;Jing Song;Dorothy Dunlop;David Felson

  • Emergency Administration of Abciximab for Treatment of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of an International Phase III Trial Abciximab in Emergency Treatment of Stroke Trial (AbESTT-II)

    Harold P. Adams;Mark B. Effron;James Torner;Antoni Dávalos

  • Association between radiographic features of knee osteoarthritis and pain: results from two cohort studies

    Tuhina Neogi;David T Felson;Jingbo Niu;Michael Nevitt

  • Age and outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: why do older patients fare worse?

    Giuseppe Lanzino;Neal F. Kassell;Teresa P. Germanson;Gail L. Kongable

  • Why are African Americans under-represented in medical research studies? Impediments to participation.

    Vickie L. Shavers‐Hornaday;Charles F. Lynch;Leon F. Burmeister;James C. Torner

  • A randomized controlled trial of high-dose intravenous nicardipine in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A report of the Cooperative Aneurysm Study.

    Haley Ec;Kassell Nf;Torner Jc

  • Correlation of the development of knee pain with enlarging bone marrow lesions on magnetic resonance imaging

    David T. Felson;Jingbo Niu;Ali Guermazi;Frank Roemer

  • Guidelines for thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke : A supplement to the guidelines for the management of patients with acute ischemic stroke : A statement for healthcare professionals from a Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association

    Adams Hp;Brott Tg;Furlan Aj;Gomez Cr

  • Meniscal Tear in Knees Without Surgery and the Development of Radiographic Osteoarthritis Among Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

    Martin Englund;Ali Guermazi;Frank W. Roemer;Frank W. Roemer;Piran Aliabadi

  • Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: Epidemiology and Associated Factors

    Neil A. Segal;David T. Felson;James C. Torner;Yanyan Zhu

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen on stroke in the Women's Health Initiative

    Susan L. Hendrix;Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller;Karen C. Johnson;Barbara V. Howard

  • Presence of MRI-detected joint effusion and synovitis increases the risk of cartilage loss in knees without osteoarthritis at 30-month follow-up: the MOST study

    Frank W Roemer;Ali Guermazi;David T Felson;Jingbo Niu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Nevitt
Michael C. Nevitt University of California, San Francisco
David T. Felson
David T. Felson Boston University
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham
Frank W. Roemer
Frank W. Roemer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ali Guermazi
Ali Guermazi Boston University
Jingbo Niu
Jingbo Niu Boston University
Robert D. Brown
Robert D. Brown Mayo Clinic
Neal F. Kassell
Neal F. Kassell Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Tuhina Neogi
Tuhina Neogi Boston University
Harold P. Adams
Harold P. Adams University of Iowa

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