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CAN Recognizes ARC Trainees |
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Arthritis Research Centre of Canada Trainees at the CAN Annual Scientific
Conference in Vancouver from November 19th – 21st 2009.
From Left to Right: Rita Lung, Sung Woo Kim, Courtney Kang, Cynthia McDonald,
Antonio Avina-Zubieta, Mary De Vera, Eric Sayre, Mushfiqur Rahman, Vidula Bhole
Sung Woo Kim(Left) and Jee Woong Choi (Right) received a Canadian Arthritis
Network (CAN)Travel Award and Mary De Vera (Middle) received a Merit Award
for best poster in Clinical Health Services Research at the CAN Annual Scientific
Conference in Vancouver from November 19th – 21st 2009. |
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CAB Researcher Recognition Award 2009 |
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The Consumer Advisory Board of the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada Presents the Award for Outstanding Involvement of Consumers in Research Decision-Making
The Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) of the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada has created an award recognizing the meaningful contribution of an individual who has significantly promoted and helped develop the role of consumers (people with arthritis) in arthritis research.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Research Associate
Arthritis Research Centre of Canada
Dr. Lehman has been very inclusive of consumers in his research, particularly in his recent study "Spousal Social Support and Relationship Satisfaction", and his current study on Arthritis and First Nations People. Consumer involvement included assistance in developing research questions, review of questionnaires, member recruitment and result dissemination.
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Soccer Injuries: The Experts Get On The Ball |
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With the sport's soaring popularity, arthritis researchers work to develop a prevention program for Lower Mainland teams.
Canada's growing obsession with soccer is both welcome and worrisome, B.C. arthritis experts say, since knee injuries are the most common type incurred in the sport and a single knee trauma sustained in youth under 18 triples the chance of getting osteoarthritis later in life.
 Soccer is great exercise and, given the rising incidence of obesity in Canada, we want to encourage the type of physical activity among our youth that is both fun and will help them maintain a healthy body weight. But we want to be sure that the physical activity itself won't lead to osteoarthritis.
--Dr. John Esdaile, ARC Scientific Director
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Knee Pain Shows Osteoarthritis Even if X-rays Don't |
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Continuous knee pain in people over 40 is very often a symptom of osteoarthritis (OA) and people with such pain may have the disease even if their X-rays don't show it, new research has found.
In a study that's yet to be published, researchers examined 255 people ages 40 to 79 from the general population. Participants had to have pain in or around the knee most days of the month at any time in the past and also any pain in or around the knee in the year before the study. Everyone got an X-ray and an MRI scan.
Over half of the participants (53 percent) had knee changes due to OA which showed up on their MRI scans, but not on the X-rays and 38 percent had OA knee changes which were seen on both exams. Only 9 percent had no OA at all.
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