Musculoskeletal Unit

Publications

2005

Brooks S. Cicuttini FM. Lim S. Taylor D. Stuckey SL. Wluka AE. Cost effectiveness of adding magnetic resonance imaging to the usual management of suspected scaphoid fractures. [Journal Article] British Journal of Sports Medicine. 39(2):75-9, 2005 Feb.

Brooks S, Wluka AE, Stuckey S, Cicuttini F. The management of scaphoid fractures. J Sci Med Sport 2005;8(2):181-9.

Cicuttini F, Ding C, Wluka A, Davis S, Ebeling PR, Jones G. Association of cartilage defects with loss of knee cartilage in healthy, middle-age adults. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2005;52(7):2033-2039.

Cicuttini, F, Ding, C., Wluka, A.E., Davis, S.R., Ebeling, P.R., Jones, G. Cartilage defects are associated with knee cartilage loss in healthy, middle-aged adults: prospective study. Arthritis and Rheumatism (In press March 2005).

Cicuttini F, Hankin J, Jones G, Wluka A. Comparison of conventional standing knee radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging in assessing progression of tibiofemoral joint osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilge 2005;13(8):72207.

Ding C, Cicuttini F, Scott F, Cooley H, Jones J. The association between age and knee structural change: a cross-sectional study. Ann Rheum Disease 2005;64(4):549-55.

Ding C, Garnero P, Cicuttini FM, Scott F, Cooley H, Jones G. Knee cartilage defects: association with early radiographic osteoarthritis, decreased cartilage volume, increased joint surface area and type II collagen breakdown. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage;13(3):198-205.

Hanna F, Ebeling PR, Wang Y, O'Sullivan R, Davis S, Wluka AE, Cicuttini FM. Factors influencing longitudinal change in knee cartilage volume measured from magnetic resonance imaging in healthy men. Ann Rheum Dis 2005;64:1038-1042.

Powell A. Teichtahl AJ. Wluka AE. Cicuttini FM. Obesity: a preventable risk factor for large joint osteoarthritis which may act through biomechanical factors. [Journal Article] British Journal of Sports Medicine. 39(1):4-5, 2005 Jan.

Szoeke C, Cicuttini F, Guthrie J, Dennerstein L. Self-reported arthritis and the menopause. Climacteric 2005;8(1):49-55.

Teichtahl, A.J, Wluka, A.E, Proietto, J. Cicuttini, F.M . Obesity and the female sex as risk factors for knee osteoarthritis may be attributable to systemic or local leptin biosynthesis and its cellular effects. Medical Hypotheses 2005; 65(2):312-5.

Urquhart DM, Edwards ER, Graves SE, Williamson OD, McNeil JJ, Kossmann T, Richardson MD, Cicuttini FM Orthopaedic Trauma: Establishment of an outcomes registry to evaluate and monitor treatment effectiveness.  Injury (In press March 2005)

Urquhart DM, Edwards ER, Graves SE, Williamson OD, McNeil JJ, Kossmann T, Richardson MD, Harrison DJ, Hart MJ, Cicuttini FM. Characterisation of orthopaedic trauma admitted to adult level 1 trauma centres. Injury (In press March 2005)

Wang YY, Wluka A, Cicuttini F. The determinants of change in tibial plateau bone area in osteoarthritic knees: a cohort study. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2005;7:687-693.

Wluka AE, Wang Y, Davis SR, Cicuttini FM. Tibial plateau size is related to grade of joint space narrowing and osteophytes in healthy women and in women with osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2005;64:1033-1037.

Wluka AE, Ding C, Jones G, Cicuttini FM. The clinical correlates of articular cartilage defects in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Rheumatology 2005;44:1311-1316.

Zhai G, Ding C, Cicuttini FM, Jones G. Optimal Sampling Of MRI Slices For The Assessment Of Knee Cartilage Volume For Cross-Sectional And Longitudinal Studies. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2005: 6(1):10-5.

Zhai G, Ding C, Stankovich J, Cicuttini F, Jones G. The genetic contribution to longitudinal changes in knee structure and muscle strength. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2005;52(9):2830-2834.

Publications 2004

Jackson BD. Teichtahl AJ. Morris ME. Wluka AE. Davis SR. Cicuttini F. The effect of the knee adduction moment on tibial cartilage volume and bone size in healthy women. Rheumatology. 43(3):311-4, 2004.

Teichtahl AJ. Jackson , B.D , Morris ME. Wluka AE. Bach TM., Davis, S.R, Cicuttini F.  The relationship between sagittal knee kinematics during walking and the patella cartilage and bone volume in healthy women. Clinical & Experimental Rheumatology. 2004 (In press).

Wluka, A.E., Wolfe, R., Davis , S.R., Stuckey, S., Cicuttini, F. Tibial cartilage volume change in healthy postmenopausal women: a longitudinal study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.  63(4):444-9,2004

Zhai G, Stankowich J, Ding C, Scott F, Cicuttini F, Jones G. The genetic contribution to muscle strength, knee pain, cartilage volume, bone size, and radiographic osteoarthritis: a sibpair study.  Arthritis & Rheumatism.  50(3):805-10, 2004.

Cicuttini F, Wluka A, Yuanyuan Wang, Stuckey S. Longitudinal study of changes in tibial and femoral cartilage in knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism.  50(1):94-7, 2004.

Jones G. Ding C. Scott F. Glisson M. Cicuttini F. Early radiographic osteoarthritis is associated with substantial changes in cartilage volume and tibial bone surface area in both males and females. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage. 12(2):169-74, 2004.

Cicuttini F. Wluka A. Hankin J. Wang Y. Longitudinal study of the relationship between knee angle and tibiofemoral cartilage volume in subjects with knee osteoarthritis. Rheumatology. 43(3):321-4, 2004.

Dashti, M., Wluka, A.E., Geso, M., Davis, S.R., Stuckey, S., Cicuttini, F.M. The relationship between the area of cartilage shown on the MRI middle slice image the medial and lateral tibial cartilages with cartilage volume and grade of OA over time. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 2004, March, 33 (2) 87-93.

Grainger R. Cicuttini F. Medical management of osteoarthritis of the knee and hip joints.  Medical Journal of Australia .  180(9):464, 2004

Jones G, Ding C, Scott F,Cicuttini F. Genetic mechanisms of knee osteoarthritis: a population-based case control study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2004;63(10):1255-9.

Cicuttini, F, Wluka, AE, Hankin J, Stephen Stuckey. Comparison of patella cartilage volume and radiology in the assessment longitudinal joint change at the patellofemoral joint. J Rheum (In Press).

Cicuttini F, Wluka A, Davis S, Strauss B, Yeung S, Ebeling P.Association between knee cartilage volume and bone mineral density in older adults without osteoarthritis. Rheumatology 2004 43: 765-769

Ansari MZ. Henderson T. Ackland M. Cicuttini F. Sundararajan V. Congestive cardiac failure: urban and rural perspectives in Victoria . Australian Journal of Rural Health. 11(6):266-70, 2003

Grainger R. Cicuttini F. Medical management of osteoarthritis of the knee and hip joints. Medical Journal of Australia . 180(5):232-6, 2004.

Cicuttini F, Jones G, Forbes A, Wluka^. A. Rate of cartilage loss at 2 years predicts subsequent total knee arthroplasty: a prospective study. Ann Rheum Dis 2004:63;1124-1127.

Wang, Y., Prentice, L, Vitteta, L, Wluka, A.E., Cicuttini, F. The effect of nutrition and dietary supplements on osteoarthritis. Alternative Medicine Review. 2004. 9(3):275-96.

Brooks, S., Cicuttini, F.M., Lim, S., Taylor , D., Stuckey, S.L., Wluka, A.E. The cost-effectiveness of adding MRI to the usual management of suspected scaphoid fractures.Br J Sport Med 2005:39(1):4-5.

Ding C, Cicuttini F, Scott F, Cooley H, Jones J. The association between age and knee structural change: a cross-sectional study. Ann Rheum Dis 2004 (In Press).

Zhai G, Cicuttini F, Ding D, Scott F, Garnero P, Jones G. Correlates of knee pain in younger subjects. J Rheum 2004 (In press).

Powell.A, Teichtahl, A.J, Wluka, A.E.,Cicuttini, F.. Obesity: a preventable risk factor for large joint OA that may act via biomechanical factors. BJSM. 39(1):4-5, 2005.

Nelson M, Tonkin A, Cicuttini F. Lessons on prescribing and drug safety from the withdrawal of rofecoxib. Australian Family Physician. 2004: 33 :965-6.

Ding C, Cicuttini F, Scott F, Cooley H, Jones G. Knee structural alteration and body mass index: a cross-sectional study. Obesity Res. 2004 In Press.

Hanna FH, Wluka AE, Bell RJ, Davis SR, Cicuttini F. Osteoarthritis and the post-menopausal female: epidemiological, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and radiological findings. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 2004; 34(3):631-6.

  Jackson , B.D., Wluka, A.E., Teichtahl, A.J., Morris , M.E. , Cicuttini, F. A review of knee osteoarthritis—A biomechanical perspective  Journal of Science & Medicine in Sport. 7(3):347-57, 2004

Cicuttini, F., Morris, K, Glisson, M, Wluka, A.E. Slice thickness in the assessment of medial and lateral tibial cartilage volume and sensitivity to change in a longitudinal study. J Rheum 2004: 31 (120) 2444-8

Publications 2003

1.      Cicuttini, F.M, A Wluka, M Bailey, R O’Sullivan, C Poon, S Yeung , P Ebeling. Factors affecting knee cartilage volume in healthy men. Rheumatology. 2003:42;258-262.

2.      Cicuttini F. Wluka AE. Wang Y. Stuckey SL. Davis SR. Effect of estrogen replacement therapy on patella cartilage in healthy women. Clinical & Experimental Rheumatology. 21(1):79-82, 2003 Jan-Feb.

3.      Ansari Z, Haby M, Barbetti T, Cicuttini F, Ackland MJ. Trends and geographic variations in hospital admissions for asthma in Victoria : opportunities for targeted interventions. Australian Family Physician. 2003 (32(4):286-8, 2003

4.      Ansari Z, Barbetti H, Carson NJ , Ackland MJ, Cicuttini F. The Victorian ambulatory care sensitive conditions study: rural and urban perspectives. Social and Preventive Medicine 48, No 1 (February 2003). 48(1):33-43, 2003

5.      Ding C. Cicuttini F. Licofelone (Merckle). [Journal Article] Idrugs. 6(8):802-8, 2003.

6.      Jones G. Ding C. Glisson M. Hynes K. Ma D. Cicuttini F. Knee articular cartilage development in children: a longitudinal study of the effect of sex, growth, body composition, and physical activity. Pediatric Research. 54(2):230-6, 2003.

7.      Cicuttini F. Wang YY. Forbes A. Wluka AE. Glisson M. Comparison between patella cartilage volume and radiological assessment of the patellofemoral joint. Clinical & Experimental Rheumatology. 21(3):321-6, 2003.

8.      Brooks, S., Cicuttini, F.M., Lim, S., Taylor , D., Stuckey, S.L., Wluka, A.E. The Management of scaphoid fractures. (In press, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, February, 2003).

9.      Ding C. Cicuttini F. Scott F. Glisson M. Jones G. Sex differences in knee cartilage volume in adults: role of body and bone size, age and physical activity. Rheumatology. 42(11):1317-23, 2003.

10.  Jones G. Bennell K. Cicuttini F. Effect of physical activity on cartilage development in healthy kids. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 37(5):382-3, 2003

11.  Teichtahl AJ. Morris ME. Wluka AE. Bach TM. Cicuttini F. A comparison of gait patterns between the offspring of people with medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis and normal controls. Clinical & Experimental Rheumatology. 21(4):421-3, 2003.

12.  Wluka, AE, Wolfe, R., Stuckey, S, Cicuttini, F. How does tibial cartilage volume relate to symptoms in subjects with Knee Osteoarthritis? Ann Rheum Dis (2003). 63(3):264-8, 2004

13.  Teichtahl A. Wluka A. Cicuttini F. Abnormal biomechanics: a precursor or result of knee osteoarthritis? British Journal of Sports Medicine. 37(4):289-90, 2003.

14.  Cicuttini F, A. Wluka, R.Wolfe, A Forbes. Comparison of cartilage volume and radiological assessment of the tibiofemoral joint. Arthritis and Rheum 2003;48:682-688.

Book Chapters

Wluka A, CICUTTINI FM, Spector TD. Obesity, osteoarthritis and gout. In: Handbook of obesity. Edition 2. Bray and Bouchard (eds). Marcel Dekker INC., New York , Chapter 42, 2001 (June 2001, In Press).

Manek NJ, Spector TD, Cicuttini FM. The genetics of oateoarthritis. Rheumatology Edition 3. Hochberg, Silman, Smolen, Weinblatt and Weisman. (ed). Elsevier, London .  2003