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"It's my own fault": Accounts and consequences of falling when living with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 16 August 2019

45-day mortality after 467,779 knee replacements for osteoarthritis from the National Joint Registry for England and Wales: an observational study

scientific article published on October 2014

90-day mortality after 409,096 total hip replacements for osteoarthritis, from the National Joint Registry for England and Wales: a retrospective analysis

scientific article published on September 2013

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Vitamin D Supplementation on Preventing Postmenopausal Bone Loss and Modifying Bone Metabolism Using Identical Twin Pairs

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

A common genetic factor underlies hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders

scientific article

A cotwin control study of the relationship between hip osteoarthritis and bone mineral density

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

A cross-sectional comparison of three self-reported functional indices in scleroderma

scientific article published on 16 April 2003

A higher alkaline dietary load is associated with greater indexes of skeletal muscle mass in women

scientific article published on 14 November 2012

A response to Videman et al., “Challenging the cumulative injury model: positive effects of greater body mass on disc degeneration”

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A two-stage, genome-wide screen for susceptibility loci in primary Raynaud's phenomenon

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

A89: The Relationship Between Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome and Developmental Coordination Disorders in Children

Accessing health services for musculoskeletal diseases during early COVID-19 lockdown: Results from a UK population survey

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

Adherence to home physiotherapy treatment in children and young people with joint hypermobility: a qualitative report of family perspectives on acceptability and efficacy.

scientific article published in July 2013

Age differences in genetic and environmental variations in stress-coping during adulthood: a study of female twins

scientific article published on 5 May 2012

Amino Acid Intakes Are Associated With Bone Mineral Density and Prevalence of Low Bone Mass in Women: Evidence From Discordant Monozygotic Twins

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

Amino Acid Intakes Are Inversely Associated with Arterial Stiffness and Central Blood Pressure in Women

scientific article

An Investigation of Unique and Shared Gene Effects on Speed of Sound and Bone Density Using Axial Transmission Quantitative Ultrasound and DXA in Twins

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An evaluation of rheumatology practitioner outreach clinics: a qualitative study

scientific article

An information revolution in orthopaedics

scientific article published on April 2012

An obesogenic postnatal environment is more important than the fetal environment for the development of adult adiposity: a study of female twins

scientific article published on 24 June 2009

Analysis of antibody reactivity in the sera of 42 patients with paraproteinaemia

scientific article

Anticarbamylated protein antibodies are associated with long-term disability and increased disease activity in patients with early inflammatory arthritis: results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register.

scientific article published on 06 October 2015

Are twins and singletons comparable? A study of disease-related and lifestyle characteristics in adult women

scientific article published in December 2001

Association of steroid treatment and anticardiolipin antibodies with atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: comment on the article by Lahita et a1

scientific article published on 01 September 1994

Associations between branched chain amino acid intake and biomarkers of adiposity and cardiometabolic health independent of genetic factors: A twin study

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

Can Rheumatologists Predict Eventual Need for Orthopaedic Intervention in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis? Results of a Systematic Review and Analysis of Two UK Inception Cohorts

scientific article published on March 2017

Can choices between alternative hip prostheses be evidence based? a review of the economic evaluation literature

scientific article

Cardiovascular risk factors associated with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis in a prospective cohort: EPIC-Norfolk Study

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Challenges in reporting systematic reviews on epidemiological sport injury data: Letter to the editor re: "Upholding standards of reporting in the synthesis of dance epidemiology literature" re: "Prevalence and profile of musculoskeletal injuries in

scientific article published on 15 September 2016

Changes in physical activity following total hip or knee arthroplasty: a matched case-control study from the EPIC-Norfolk cohort.

scientific article

Changes in social isolation and loneliness following total hip and knee arthroplasty: longitudinal analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) cohort

scientific article published on 23 April 2017

Characterizing Blood Metabolomics Profiles Associated with Self-Reported Food Intakes in Female Twins.

scientific article

Cigarette smoking increases the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Results from a nationwide study of disease-discordant twins

scientific article published in May 1996

Clarification from the National Joint Registry

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article

Determinants of pressure pain threshold in adult twins: evidence that shared environmental influences predominate

scientific article published on November 1997

Development and validation of a patient-based disease activity score in rheumatoid arthritis that can be used in clinical trials and routine practice

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Diet and bone mineral density study in postmenopausal women from the TwinsUK registry shows a negative association with a traditional English dietary pattern and a positive association with wine

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Dietary Fat and Fatty Acid Profile Are Associated with Indices of Skeletal Muscle Mass in Women Aged 18–79 Years

scientific article published on 08 January 2014

Dietary Magnesium Is Positively Associated With Skeletal Muscle Power and Indices of Muscle Mass and May Attenuate the Association Between Circulating C-Reactive Protein and Muscle Mass in Women.

scientific article published on 19 August 2015

Dietary garlic and hip osteoarthritis: evidence of a protective effect and putative mechanism of action

scientific article

Dietary patterns and heritability of food choice in a UK female twin cohort.

scientific article published on October 2007

Direct health costs of inflammatory polyarthritis 10 years after disease onset: results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register.

scientific article published on April 2015

Disability, fatigue, pain and their associates in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: the European Scleroderma Observational Study ⬇️

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Do people with benign joint hypermobility syndrome (BJHS) have reduced joint proprioception? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Does bariatric surgery prior to total hip or knee arthroplasty reduce post-operative complications and improve clinical outcomes for obese patients? Systematic review and meta-analysis

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Epidemiology of back disorders: prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis.

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Evidence that bone mineral density plays a role in degenerative disc disease: the UK Twin Spine study

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Fasting lipids and anticardiolipin antibodies as risk factors for vascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: February 1992)

Food Preference Patterns in a UK Twin Cohort

scientific article

Gamma regression improves Haseman-Elston and variance components linkage analysis for sib-pairs

scientific article published in February 2004

Gender Differences in the Genetic Factors Responsible for Variation in Bone Density and Ultrasound

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Genes Control the Cessation of a Woman’s Reproductive Life: A Twin Study of Hysterectomy and Age at Menopause1 ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

Genes and osteoporosis

scientific article

Genetic Variation in Bone Mineral Density and Calcaneal Ultrasound: A Study of the Influence of Menopause Using Female Twins

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Genetic and Environmental Factors in Age-Related Hearing Impairment

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Genetic and environmental influences on migraine: a twin study across six countries

scientific article

Genetic bias in immune responses to a cassette shared by different microorganisms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on August 1997

Genetic contribution to bone metabolism, calcium excretion, and vitamin D and parathyroid hormone regulation.

scientific article

Genetic contribution to renal function and electrolyte balance: a twin study

scientific article published in September 2002

Genetic effects on baseline values of C-reactive protein and serum amyloid a protein: a comparison of monozygotic and dizygotic twins

scientific article published on 18 November 2003

Genetic epidemiology of rheumatoid disease.

scientific article published on April 1995

Genetic epidemiology: disease susceptibility and severity

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Genetic influence on the progression of radiographic knee osteoarthritis: a longitudinal twin study

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Genetic influences on cervical and lumbar disc degeneration: a magnetic resonance imaging study in twins

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Genetics of risk factors for melanoma: an adult twin study of nevi and freckles.

scientific article

Genome-wide methylation analysis of a large population sample shows neurological pathways involvement in chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain

scientific article

Genome-wide scan for prospective memory suggests linkage to chromosome 12q22.

scientific article published on 24 December 2005

Genomewide linkage scan of hand osteoarthritis in female twin pairs showing replication of quantitative trait loci on chromosomes 2 and 19

scientific article

HETEROGENEITY OF DISEASE PHENOTYPE IN MONOZYGOTIC TWINS CONCORDANT FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

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HLA haplotype sharing in rheumatoid arthritis sibships: Risk estimates subdivided by proband genotype ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

HLA-DRB1 Amino Acid Positions 11/13, 71, and 74 Are Associated With Inflammation Level, Disease Activity, and the Health Assessment Questionnaire Score in Patients With Inflammatory Polyarthritis.

scientific article published on 06 June 2016

Habitual flavonoid intakes are positively associated with bone mineral density in women

scientific article published in September 2012

Hand and foot surgery rates in rheumatoid arthritis have declined from 1986 to 2011, but large-joint replacement rates remain unchanged: results from two UK inception cohorts

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Have the 10-year outcomes of patients with early inflammatory arthritis improved in the new millennium compared with the decade before? Results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register.

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

Heritability of Raynaud's phenomenon and vascular responsiveness to cold: A study of adult female twins

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Heritability of responses to painful stimuli in women: a classical twin study

scientific article published on 11 October 2007

Higher anthocyanin intake is associated with lower arterial stiffness and central blood pressure in women

scientific article published on 22 August 2012

Higher dietary flavonoid intakes are associated with lower objectively measured body composition in women: evidence from discordant monozygotic twins

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Hippurate as a metabolomic marker of gut microbiome diversity: Modulation by diet and relationship to metabolic syndrome

scientific article

ISSLS Prize Winner: Vertebral Endplate (Modic) Change is an Independent Risk Factor for Episodes of Severe and Disabling Low Back Pain

scientific article published on August 2015

Incidence of inflammatory polyarthritis in polymyalgia rheumatica: a population-based cohort study

scientific article published on 26 October 2018

Influence of Current and Past Hormone Replacement Therapy on Bone Mineral Density: A Study of Discordant Postmenopausal Twins

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Influence of previous exposure to human parvovirus B19 infection in explaining susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis: an analysis of disease discordant twin pairs

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Intakes of anthocyanins and flavones are associated with biomarkers of insulin resistance and inflammation in women

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Intrauterine, environmental, and genetic influences in the relationship between birth weight and lipids in a female twin cohort

scientific article published on 27 July 2006

Is Etanercept 25 mg Once Weekly as Effective as 50 mg at Maintaining Response in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis? A Randomized Control Trial

scientific article published on June 2015

Lack of association of increased antibody levels to mycobacterial hsp65 with rheumatoid arthritis: results from a study of disease discordant twin pairs.

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Linkage and Association for Bone Mineral Density and Heel Ultrasound Measurements with a Simple Tandem Repeat Polymorphism near the Osteocalcin Gene in Female Dizygotic Twins

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Low back and common widespread pain share common genetic determinants

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Low-dose infliximab treatment for ankylosing spondylitis--clinically- and cost-effective

scientific article published on 16 May 2006

Lumbar disc degeneration and genetic factors are the main risk factors for low back pain in women: the UK Twin Spine Study

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Lumbar disc disease shows linkage to chromosome 19 overlapping with a QTL for hand OA.

scientific article published on 27 July 2007

Measurements of skeletal muscle mass and power are positively related to a Mediterranean dietary pattern in women

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Migraine and Antiphospholipid Antibodies: No Association Found in Migraine-Discordant Monozygotic Twins

scientific article published on 09 July 2008

Modeling with measured genotypes: effects of the vitamin D receptor gene, age, and latent genetic and environmental factors on bone mineral density

scientific article published in March 2004

National survey to evaluate musuloskeletal health in retired professional ballet dancers in the United Kingdom.

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

Novel genetic variants associated with lumbar disc degeneration in northern Europeans: a meta-analysis of 4600 subjects

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

Pain reporting at different body sites is explained by a single underlying genetic factor

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Patterns and predictors of skin score change in early diffuse systemic sclerosis from the European Scleroderma Observational Study ⬇️

scientific article published on 6 January 2018

Physiotherapy and occupational therapy interventions for people with benign joint hypermobility syndrome: a systematic review of clinical trials

scientific article

Plasma adiponectin concentrations are associated with body composition and plant-based dietary factors in female twins

scientific article published on 23 December 2008

Predictors and outcomes of sustained, intermittent or never achieving remission in patients with recent onset inflammatory polyarthritis: results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Predictors of and outcomes following orthopaedic joint surgery in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis followed for 20 years

scientific article published on 16 May 2017

Prednisolone combined with adjunctive immunosuppression is not superior to prednisolone alone in terms of efficacy and safety in giant cell arteritis: meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Prevalence and incidence of Wegener's granulomatosis in the UK general practice research database

scientific article published on October 2009

Prevalence and profile of musculoskeletal injuries in ballet dancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Primary care challenges in diagnosing and referring patients with suspected rheumatoid arthritis: a national cross-sectional GP survey

scientific article published on 06 April 2018

Progression of lumbar disc degeneration over a decade: a heritability study ⬇️

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Pulmonary embolism and mortality following total ankle replacement: a data linkage study using the NJR data set.

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Quality measures for total ankle replacement, 30-day readmission and reoperation rates within 1 year of surgery: a data linkage study using the NJR data set

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Recognition of inflammatory back pain and ankylosing spondylitis in primary care

scientific article published on 24 June 2008

Relation of birth weight, body mass index, and change in size from birth to adulthood to insulin resistance in a female twin cohort

scientific article published on 20 November 2007

Revision rates after primary hip and knee replacement in England between 2003 and 2006

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Risk factors for oral methotrexate failure in patients with inflammatory polyarthritis: results from a UK prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Risk factors for osteoarthritis: genetics

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Risk of Wrist Fracture in Women Is Heritable and Is Influenced by Genes That Are Largely Independent of Those Influencing BMD

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Risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in a large British cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

scientific article published on 18 May 2004

Risk-adjusted cUSUM control charts for shared frailty survival models with application to hip replacement outcomes: a study using the NJR dataset

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Schmorl's nodes: common, highly heritable, and related to lumbar disc disease.

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Smoking is associated with the concurrent presence of multiple autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis rather than with anti-citrullinated protein antibodies per se: a multicenter cohort study.

scientific article published on December 2016

Susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis in twins the role of genes, HLA, and the environment

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The Association of Body Mass Index with Risk of Long-Term Revision and 90-Day Mortality Following Primary Total Hip Replacement: Findings from the National Joint Registry for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

The Effect of Disease Severity and Comorbidity on Length of Stay for Orthopedic Surgery in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from 2 UK Inception Cohorts, 1986-2012.

scientific article published on April 2015

The Role of Gene–Environment Interaction in Determining Bone Mineral Density in a Twin Population

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

The association of body mass index and osteoarthritis of the knee joint: an examination of genetic and environmental influences

scientific article published on April 2003

The association of vascular risk factors with visual loss in giant cell arteritis

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The contrasting epidemiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) and microscopic polyangiitis

scientific article published on 17 January 2012

The contribution of diet and genotype to iron status in women: a classical twin study.

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The demand incidence of symptomatic ankle osteoarthritis presenting to foot & ankle surgeons in the United Kingdom.

scientific article published on 20 March 2012

The effect of moderate alcohol consumption on bone mineral density: a study of female twins.

scientific article published on July 2004

The effectiveness of a multidisciplinary intervention strategy for the treatment of symptomatic joint hypermobility in childhood: a randomised, single Centre parallel group trial (The Bendy Study)

scientific article published on 08 January 2019

The epidemiology of Takayasu arteritis in the UK.

scientific article published on 19 June 2009

The genetic contribution to hip joint morphometry and relationship to hip cartilage thickness

scientific article published on August 2001

The genetic contribution to radiographic hip osteoarthritis in women: results of a classic twin study

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

The genetic epidemiology of joint hypermobility: A population study of female twins

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

The genetic epidemiology of pain

scholarly article published 30 September 2010

The heritable determinants of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

The influence of genetics and environmental factors in the pathogenesis of acne: a twin study of acne in women.

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The outcome and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led care in the community for people with rheumatoid arthritis: a non-randomised pragmatic study

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The outcome of total ankle replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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The potential for dietary factors to prevent or treat osteoarthritis

scientific article published on 26 February 2014

The prevalence of axial spondyloarthritis in the UK: a cross-sectional cohort study

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

The prevalence of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica in a UK primary care population

scientific article

The prevalence of inflammatory back pain in a UK primary care population

scientific article published on 17 October 2013

The relationship between Modic changes and intervertebral disc degeneration. ⬇️

scientific article published on 26 August 2016

The relationship between benign joint hypermobility syndrome and psychological distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

The surgical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a new era?

scientific article published on October 2014

Trajectory of physical activity after hip fracture: An analysis of community-dwelling individuals from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

scientific article published on 10 February 2018

Trajectory of physical activity following total hip and knee arthroplasty: data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) cohort

Trajectory of social isolation following hip fracture: an analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) cohort

scientific article

Twenty-Year Outcome and Association Between Early Treatment and Mortality and Disability in an Inception Cohort of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From the Norfolk Arthritis Register.

scientific article published on 20 April 2017

Twin concordance rates for rheumatoid arthritis: results from a nationwide study.

scientific article

Twin studies and the heritability of MS: a conclusion.

scientific article published on June 2009

Twins and the genetic architecture of osteoarthritis

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Twins. Novel uses to study complex traits and genetic diseases.

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Untangling the relationship between diet and visceral fat mass through blood metabolomics and gut microbiome profiling

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Validation of a patient self-reported screening questionnaire for axial spondyloarthropathy in a UK Population

scientific article published in March 2013

Variation and implications of treatment decisions in early rheumatoid arthritis: results from a nationwide cohort study

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Where Did I Leave My Keys? A Twin Study of Self-Reported Memory Ratings Using the Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

“Homozygosity” for the HLA–DR shared epitope contributes the highest risk for rheumatoid arthritis concordance in identical twins

scientific article published on 01 May 1994

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