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Overview

Nigel K. Arden is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with extensive contributions in surgery, rheumatology, orthopedics and sports medicine, pharmacology, and epidemiology. The scientist's work addresses several critical topics within these fields, including osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, total knee arthroplasty outcomes, orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, sports injuries and prevention, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation, and knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

The scientist has published numerous research articles, frequently collaborating with several coauthors. Notable frequent coauthors include Gary S. Collins, Garrett S. Bullock, Cyrus Cooper, Thomas A. Perry, and Michael C. Nevitt.

Arden's research has been disseminated through various academic venues, with a significant number of publications appearing in:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • BMJ Open
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • UNC Libraries
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology

Among their recent papers are:

  • Non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis: comparison of ESCEO and OARSI 2019 guidelines, 2020, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations, 2021, Cell
  • Knee osteoarthritis and time-to all-cause mortality in six community-based cohorts: an international meta-analysis of individual participant-level data, 2021, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Safety of Oral Bisphosphonates in Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Kidney Disease: A Binational Cohort Analysis, 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Occupational Risk in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies, 2020, Arthritis Care & Research

This body of work reflects a multi-faceted approach to understanding osteoarthritis and related musculoskeletal conditions, with implications for treatment guidelines, genetic analysis, epidemiological outcomes, and occupational risk factors.

Best Publications

  • OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines

    W Zhang;R W Moskowitz;G Nuki;S Abramson

  • OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis

    Timothy McAlindon;Raveendhara Bannuru;Matthew Sullivan;Nigel Arden

  • OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee, hip, and polyarticular osteoarthritis

    Raveendhara Bannuru;M. C. Osani;E. E. Vaysbrot;Nigel Arden;Nigel Arden

  • EULAR Recommendations 2003: an evidence based approach to the management of knee osteoarthritis: Report of a Task Force of the Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutic Trials (ESCISIT)

    K M Jordan;N K Arden;M Doherty;B Bannwarth

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: part III: Changes in evidence following systematic cumulative update of research published through January 2009

    W Zhang;G Nuki;R W Moskowitz;S Abramson

  • EULAR evidence based recommendations for the management of hip osteoarthritis: report of a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)

    W. Zhang;M. Doherty;B. F. Leeb;L. Alekseeva

  • Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Emmi Tikkanen;Emmi Tikkanen;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz

  • Prevalent vertebral deformities predict hip fractures and new vertebral deformities but not wrist fractures. Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group.

    Dennis M. Black;Nigel K. Arden;Lisa Palermo;Jim Pearson

  • Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and childhood bone mass at age 9 years: a longitudinal study

    M K Javaid;S R Crozier;N C Harvey;Catharine R Gale

  • EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis

    W Zhang;M Doherty;G Peat;S Ma Bierma-Zeinstra

  • Incidence and risk factors for clinically diagnosed knee, hip and hand osteoarthritis: influences of age, gender and osteoarthritis affecting other joints

    D Prieto-Alhambra;A Judge;M K Javaid;C Cooper

  • OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, part I: critical appraisal of existing treatment guidelines and systematic review of current research evidence.

    W Zhang;R W Moskowitz;G Nuki;S Abramson

  • Evidence-based recommendations for the role of exercise in the management of osteoarthritis of the hip or knee—the MOVE consensus

    E Roddy;W Zhang;M Doherty;N K Arden

  • The effect of patient age at intervention on risk of implant revision after total replacement of the hip or knee: a population-based cohort study

    Lee E Bayliss;David Culliford;A Paul Monk;Sion Glyn-Jones

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of knee osteoarthritis: report of a task force of the Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutic Trials (ESCISIT)

    A Pendleton;N Arden;M Dougados;M Doherty

  • GENETIC INFLUENCES ON MUSCLE STRENGTH, LEAN BODY MASS, AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY: A TWIN STUDY

    N K Arden;T D Spector

  • An updated algorithm recommendation for the management of knee osteoarthritis from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO)

    Olivier Bruyère;Germain Honvo;Nicola Veronese;Nigel K. Arden

  • Future projections of total hip and knee arthroplasty in the UK: results from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink

    D Culliford;J Maskell;A Judge;C Cooper

  • Strategies for the prevention of knee osteoarthritis

    Ewa M. Roos;Nigel K. Arden

Frequent Co-Authors

Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Andrew Judge
Andrew Judge University of Bristol
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Andrew Carr
Andrew Carr University of Oxford
Elaine M. Dennison
Elaine M. Dennison University of Southampton
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty University of Nottingham
Ana M. Valdes
Ana M. Valdes University of Nottingham
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
David T. Felson
David T. Felson Boston University
Weiya Zhang
Weiya Zhang University of Nottingham

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