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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
Unicompartmental versus bicompartmental joint space width measures Eva A Bax, Roel J H Custers, Nienke van Egmond, Moyo C Kruyt, Hassan Rayegan, Margreet Kloppenburg, Francisco J Blanco, Ida K Haugen, Francis Berenbaum, Frank W Roemer, Harrie Weinans, Simon C Mastbergen, Mylène P Jansen
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2025, vol. 34, p.297-303
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
Cartilage thickness distribution and its dependence on demographic, radiographic, and MRI structural pathology in knee osteoarthritis-data from the IMI-APPROACH cohort Mylène P Jansen, Tom D Turmezei, Kishan Dattani, Dimitri A Kessler, Simon C Mastbergen, Margreet Kloppenburg, Francisco J Blanco, Ida K Haugen, Francis Berenbaum, Wolfgang Wirth, Felix Eckstein, Frank W Roemer, James W MacKay
Skeletal Radiology, 2025, vol. 54, p.2025-2034