IU Arthritis Researchers Seeking Patients For Study of Knee Osteoarthritis

INDIANAPOLIS -- Arthritis researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are seeking adults to participate in a study looking at the progression of knee osteoarthritis.

Knee pain and the deterioration of joint cartilage in knee osteoarthritis are the major cause of chronic disability in older people in the United States. The I.U. study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, will use highly sophisticated x-ray techniques to measure the thickness of cartilage in the knees.

Men and women, age 45 and older, are eligible to participate in the study. Qualified participants must have been diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis, but the knee osteoarthritis must not be the result of a previous knee injury. Individuals also must not have had prior knee surgery.

Study procedures include x-ray examinations and blood and urine samples. Questionnaires about health status, knee pain and function also must be completed. Participants must be willing to come to the IU Medical Center for x-ray and other examinations three times over a 30-month period. Radiation exposure from the x-rays in this study is well within approved safety limits.

All testing in the study will be free of charge and participants will be paid. Inclusion in the study will not interfere with the care patients receive from their regular physicians for osteoarthritis and other medical conditions.

For additional information or to enroll in the study, please call Jan Surber at 317-278-3971.

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