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Utrecht Osteoarthritis Research - UROAR

Research aim

Our group studies osteoarthritis, from disease mechanisms to treatment strategies. Using a translational approach, we connect lab research to patient care, aiming to create effective diagnostic tools and patient-centered therapies.

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Recent publications

Impact of quantified knee positioning on the measurement of minimal joint space width using statistical shape models: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis in the IMI-APPROACH. Eva Bax, Chien Nguyen, Roel Custers, Vahid Arbabi, Hassan Rayegan, Willem Paul Gielis, Claudia Lindner, Tim F. Cootes, Margreet Kloppenburg, Francisco J Blanco, Ida K Haugen, Francis Berenbaum, Mylène P. Jansen, Simon Mastbergen, Frank W Roemer, Felix Eckstein, Wolfgang Wirth, MC Kruyt, H Weinans
Osteoarthritis Imaging, 2025, vol. 5
Joint distraction versus custom-made unloading orthosis for knee osteoarthritis - A clinical and radiological study M R Huizinga, A J de Vries, M P Jansen, S C Mastbergen, P C Jutte, R W Brouwer
The Knee, 2025, vol. 56, p.637-645
Deep Learning Based Automatic Ankle Tenosynovitis Quantification from MRI in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Saeed Arbabi, Vahid Arbabi, Lorenzo Costa, Iris Ten Katen, Simon C Mastbergen, Peter R Seevinck, Pim A de Jong, Harrie Weinans, Mylène P Jansen, Wouter Foppen
Diagnostics, 2025, vol. 15
Application of knee joint distraction M P Jansen, S C Mastbergen
Connective tissue research, 2025, vol. 66, p.497-503
Aortic, musculoskeletal and organ characteristics on computed tomography in knee osteoarthritis - an explorative study in the IMI-APPROACH cohort Netanja I Harlianto, Pim A de Jong, Wouter Foppen, Edwin Bennink, Stijn Bunk, Simon C Mastbergen, Adriane D M Vorselaars, Mareye Voortman, Margreet Kloppenburg, Francisco J Blanco, Ida K Haugen, Francis Berenbaum, Karteek Popuri, Mirza Faisal Beg, Mylène P Jansen
Rheumatology International, 2025, vol. 45
Fluctuation of Bone Marrow Lesions and Inflammatory MRI Markers over 2 Years and Concurrent Associations with Quantitative Cartilage Loss Frank W. Roemer, Mylène P. Jansen, Susanne Maschek, Simon C. Mastbergen, Anne Karien Marijnissen, Anna Wisser, Rafael Heiss, Harrie H. Weinans, Francisco J. Blanco, Francis Berenbaum, Margreet Kloppenburg, Ida K. Haugen, Felix Eckstein, David J. Hunter, Ali Guermazi, Wolfgang Wirth
Cartilage, 2024, vol. 16, p.308-321