Response to: 'Effectiveness of low-dose radiation therapy on symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis' by Wu et al

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands e.mahler@maartenskliniek.nl.
² Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Comment

Elien A M Mahler et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;79(2):e25.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214795. Epub 2019 Jan 4.

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands e.mahler@maartenskliniek.nl.
² Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; hand osteoarthritis; knee osteoarthritis; outcomes research; treatment.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Effectiveness of low-dose radiation therapy on symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial.
Mahler EAM, Minten MJ, Leseman-Hoogenboom MM, Poortmans PMP, Leer JWH, Boks SS, van den Hoogen FHJ, den Broeder AA, van den Ende CHM. Mahler EAM, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jan;78(1):83-90. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214104. Epub 2018 Oct 26. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019. PMID: 30366945 Clinical Trial.
Effectiveness of low-dose radiation therapy on symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Wu XD, Hu KJ, Xiang BY, Huang W. Wu XD, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Feb;79(2):e24. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214743. Epub 2018 Dec 1. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020. PMID: 30504446 No abstract available.