The annual 2024 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis is being held April 18 – April 21, 2024. The meeting is presented by the Osteoarthritis Research Society International.

Please scroll down to learn more about the research that Arthritis Research Canada/Arthrite-recherche Canada scientists, trainees and patient partners are proud to lead and participate in.

Assessing the efficacy of the stop osteoarthritis (SOAR) Program: A randomized delayed-controlled trial for persons at increased risk of early onset post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis.

The SOAR Program is a physiotherapist guided knee health program designed to help people who are at-risk for knee osteoarthritis development build the capability to self-manage their long-term knee health. This study assessed how well an 8-week SOAR Program does in that regard and found that participant’s experienced improvements in their belief about their ability to actively engage and manage their long-term knee health.

Research Team: Losciale J, Truong LK, Zhang K, Silvester-Lee T, Miciak M, Pajkic A, Le CK, Xie H, Hoens AM, Mosewich A, Hunt MA, Li LC, Roos EM, Whittaker JL.