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Re-examining the pain–depression vicious cycle in knee osteoarthritis: a random-intercept cross-lagged panel analysis

Abstract Background Pain and depression frequently co-occur in knee osteoarthritis (OA), traditionally viewed as a vicious cycle in which each worsens the other over time. However, conventional cross-lagged models cannot separate stable differences between individuals from real y...

Minced cartilage implantation for cartilage regeneration: a survey of current clinical practices

INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study is to evaluate how minced cartilage implantation (MCI) is currently applied in clinical settings, focusing on the selection criteria, procedural execution, handling of concomitant joint pathologies, and postoperative management. MATERIAL...