Elevated levels of synovial fluid proteins may be associated with poor functional outcomes in patients undergoing ...

Doctors use synovial fluid analysis, or synovial joint analysis, to help diagnose the cause of joint pain and to rule out infection. Common causes of joint pain include rheumatoid arthritis (RA ...

The elbow joint is a synovial hinge joint, similar to the ankle and knee joints. Two or more bones form hinge joints that move along an axis, rather than rotate like the hip joint.

Results showed a 97% sensitivity and 100% specificity for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections when synovial fluid alpha-defensin and CRP tests were combined, according to the researchers.

GDF5 is expressed in cells of the embryonic joint interzone, which form the synovial joint tissues during development. “We sought to identify GDF5-lineage cells in adult synovium and determine ...