The new science of osteoarthritis - from bench to bedside
Monday 24 September 2007
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the major chronic disease problems of the developed world, and the single biggest cause of chronic pain and physical disability in older people. Until recently negative views of OA dominated clinical practice, but recent research has opened up several exciting new ways of thinking about the causes of the condition, its consequences and its treatment.
Registration Details:
Fellow: £125
Non-Fellow: £225
Nurse: £125
Allied Health Professional: £125
RSM Student Member (limited first 10 applicants): £25
Retired Fellow: £75
CPD: 5 credits
9.00 am |
Registration and coffee |
9.40 am |
Welcome Address |
| Dr John Scadding, Dean, RSM | |
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Session One |
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| Chair:Dr D. John Dickson, Community physician in musculoskeletal (MSK) medicine | |
9.45 am |
Changing concepts of OA |
| Professor Michael Doherty, City Hospital, Nottingham | |
10.00 am |
Obesity as a cause of OA: direct or indirect effect? |
| Professor Peter Kopelman, University of East Anglia | |
10.30 am |
Questions |
10.40 am |
Nutrition and the pathogenesis of OA |
| Dr Nigel Arden, Southampton General Hospital | |
11.10 am |
Questions |
11.20 am |
Coffee |
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Session Two |
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| Chair:Professor David Marsh, Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics, University College London | |
11.40 am |
Is OA a neuromuscular disease? |
| Professor Joost Dekker, VU University Medical Centre, The Netherlands | |
12.10 pm |
Questions |
12.20 pm |
The role of subchondral bone pathology in osteoarthritis |
| Dr David Hunter, Boston University | |
12.50 pm |
Questions |
1.00 pm |
Lunch |
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Session Three |
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| Chair:Professor Alan Silman, Manchester Royal Infirmary | |
2.00 pm |
The multiple mechanisms of pain in OA |
| Professor Paul Dieppe, University of Bristol | |
2.30 pm |
Questions |
2.40 pm |
The early detection and monitoring of OA |
| Professor Philip Conaghan, University of Leeds | |
3.10 pm |
Questions |
3.20 pm |
Tea |
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Session Four |
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| Chair:Dr Rodney Hughes, Immediate Past-President, Section of Rheumatology & Rehabilitation, RSM | |
3.40 pm |
New horizons in the surgical treatment of OA |
| Professor Andrew Carr, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford | |
4.10 pm |
Questions |
4.20 pm |
Putting it all together: relevance of co-morbidities to pathogenesis and treatment |
| Professor Peter Croft, Keele University | |
4.50 pm |
Questions |
5.00 pm |
Closing Remarks |
| Professor Paul Dieppe, University of Bristol | |