The long term objective of this project was to determine the response to the Bone Morphogenic Protein (BMP) family member, Osteogenic Protein 1 (OP1/BMP7) in meniscus cells. We have focused on the meniscus, because this ...

Introduction: It is theorized that those with knee osteoarthritis (OA) exhibit a specific phenotype of high fat mass and bone mineral density (BMD) that is associated with increased knee forces and disease progression. ...

Introduction: Approximately 14 million people in the United States have symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis. Although adherence to an exercise program has been shown to improve clinically meaningful outcomes, adherence to ...