US-approved intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections are safe and effective in patients with knee osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized …

LE Miller, JE Block - Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized saline-controlled trials
to determine the safety and efficacy of US-approved intra-articular hyaluronic acid (IAHA) …

Clinical utility of ultrasound guidance for intra-articular knee injections: a review

DJ Berkoff, LE Miller, JE Block - Clinical interventions in aging, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Intra-articular corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid injections provide short-term symptom
amelioration for arthritic conditions involving structural damage or degenerative changes in the …

Quantitative computed tomography in assessment of osteoporosis

HK Genant, JE Block, P Steiger, CC Glueer… - Seminars in nuclear …, 1987 - Elsevier
Computed tomography (CT) has been widely investigated and applied in recent years as a
means for noninvasive quantitative bone mineral determination. The usefulness of computed …

Clinical and economic burden of revision knee arthroplasty

…, J Smith, LE Miller, JE Block - … Insights: Arthritis and …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Surgery is indicated for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) when conservative measures
are unsuccessful. High tibial osteotomy (HTO), unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), …

Two-year fusion rate equivalency between Grafton® DBM GEL and autograft in posterolateral spine fusion: a prospective controlled trial employing a side-by-side …

…, RA McGuire, WR Sassard, H Stubbs, JE Block - Spine, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Multicenter, prospective equivalency trial with each patient serving as his/her
own control. Objectives. To compare the effectiveness of a Grafton® DBM gel composite with …

Fixed-flexion radiography of the knee provides reproducible joint space width measurements in osteoarthritis

…, G von Ingersleben, Y Miaux, M Sieffert, JE Block… - European …, 2004 - Springer
The validity of a non-fluoroscopic fixed-flexion radiographic acquisition and analysis protocol
for measurement of joint space width (JSW) in knee osteoarthritis is determined. A cross-…

[HTML][HTML] Quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a commentary on nonsurgical and surgical treatments

J Farr II, LE Miller, JE Block - The open orthopaedics journal, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) has a significant negative impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Identification of therapies that improve HRQoL in patients with knee OA may mitigate …

Glycemic characteristics in continuously monitored patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: normative values

BW Bode, S Schwartz, HA Stubbs, JE Block - Diabetes care, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—The purpose of this study was to generate normative values for periods of
euglycemia as well as for daily patterns of glycemic excursions in patients with type 1 and type 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Improved healing response in delayed unions of the tibia with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound: results of a randomized sham-controlled trial

MD Schofer, JE Block, J Aigner, A Schmelz - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2010 - Springer
Background We compared the healing response of tibial delayed unions between subjects
treated with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) (n = 51) and subjects treated with a …

Safety and effectiveness of bone allografts in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery

LE Miller, JE Block - Spine, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. The primary aim of this review was to evaluate
clinical and radiographic outcomes in studies of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (…