Flavia Cicuttini

Research interests

Publications

• Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain, 1990–2020, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

  The Lancet Rheumatology · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2665-9913(23)00098-x

• Global, regional, and national burden of osteoarthritis, 1990–2020 and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

  The Lancet Rheumatology · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2665-9913(23)00163-7

• Effect of Intra-articular Platelet-Rich Plasma vs Placebo Injection on Pain and Medial Tibial Cartilage Volume in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

  JAMA · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.19415

• People with low back pain want clear, consistent and personalised information on prognosis, treatment options and self-management strategies: a systematic review

  Journal of physiotherapy · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2019.05.010

• Osteoarthritis

  Nature Reviews Disease Primers · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2016.72

• Fat infiltration of paraspinal muscles is associated with low back pain, disability, and structural abnormalities in community-based adults

  The Spine Journal · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2015.03.039

• Increased duration of co-contraction of medial knee muscles is associated with greater progression of knee osteoarthritis

  Manual Therapy · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2015.07.004

• The global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204763

• Higher dynamic medial knee load predicts greater cartilage loss over 12 months in medial knee osteoarthritis

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2010.147082

• Circulating levels of IL-6 and TNF-α are associated with knee radiographic osteoarthritis and knee cartilage loss in older adults

  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2010.08.016

• Does knee malalignment increase the risk of development and progression of knee osteoarthritis? A systematic review

  Arthritis Care & Research · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1002/art.24336

• Incidence and Risk Factors for Deep Surgical Site Infection After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review

  The Journal of Arthroplasty · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2009.08.011

• The natural history of cartilage defects in people with knee osteoarthritis

  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2007.07.005

• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of articular cartilage in knee osteoarthritis (OA): morphological assessment

  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2006.02.026

• Knee cartilage defects: association with early radiographic osteoarthritis, decreased cartilage volume, increased joint surface area and type II collagen breakdown

  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2004.11.007

• Association of cartilage defects with loss of knee cartilage in healthy, middle‐age adults: A prospective study

  Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1002/art.21148

• Rate of cartilage loss at two years predicts subsequent total knee arthroplasty: a prospective study

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2004.021253

• Early radiographic osteoarthritis is associated with substantial changes in cartilage volume and tibial bone surface area in both males and females

  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2003.08.010

• The determinants of change in tibial cartilage volume in osteoarthritic knees

  Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1002/art.10460

• Sex and site differences in cartilage development: A possible explanation for variations in knee osteoarthritis in later life

  Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1002/1529-0131(200011)43:11<2543::aid-anr23>3.0.co;2-k

• Gender differences in knee cartilage volume as measured by magnetic resonance imaging

  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1053/joca.1998.0200

• Genetic influences on osteoarthritis in women: a twin study

  BMJ · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7036.940

• Risk of osteoarthritis associated with long‐term weight‐bearing sports: A radiologic survey of the hips and knees in female ex‐athletes and population controls

  Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1002/art.1780390616

• The association of obesity with osteoarthritis of the hand and knee in women: a twin study.

  PubMed · 1996

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