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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

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
Prevalence and progression of arterial calcifications on computed tomography in humans with knee osteoarthritis Pim A de Jong, Netanja I Harlianto, Wouter Foppen, Nağme Ö Renkli, Wilko Spiering, Harrie Weinans, Willem PThM Mali, Simon C Mastbergen, Mylène P Jansen
Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2024, vol. 64, p.1493-1499
Machine-learning predicted and actual 2-year structural progression in the IMI-APPROACH cohort Mylène P. Jansen, Wolfgang Wirth, Jaume Bacardit, Eefje M. van Helvoort, Anne C.A. Marijnissen, Margreet Kloppenburg, Francisco J. Blanco, Ida K. Haugen, Francis Berenbaum, Cristoph H. Ladel, Marieke Loef, Floris P.J.G. Lafeber, Paco M. Welsing, Simon C. Mastbergen, Frank W. Roemer
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, 2023, vol. 13, p.3298-3306
Structural changes after ankle joint distraction in haemophilic arthropathy Eline D P van Bergen, Simon C Mastbergen, Floris P J G Lafeber, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen, Sofie F Madsen, Helena Port, Wouter Foppen, Roger E G Schutgens, Mylène P Jansen, Lize F D van Vulpen
Haemophilia, 2023, vol. 29, p.874-882
Identifying multivariate disease trajectories and potential phenotypes of early knee osteoarthritis in the CHECK cohort Sara Altamirano, Mylène P. Jansen, Daniel L. Oberski, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Simon C. Mastbergen, Floris P.J.G. Lafeber, Willem E. van Spil, Paco M.J. Welsing
PLoS ONE, 2023, vol. 18
MRI-based synthetic CT in the detection of knee osteoarthritis Saeed Arbabi, Wouter Foppen, Willem Paul Gielis, Marijn van Stralen, Mylène Jansen, Vahid Arbabi, Pim A de Jong, Harrie Weinans, Peter Seevinck
Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2023, vol. 41, p.2530-2539