Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
The overarching goals of our research program are to identify targets for novel strategies to prevent disease and disability development and progression in persons at risk for or with knee osteoarthritis.
Certifications and Licenses
| Internal Medicine | |
| Rheumatology |
Training Experience
| 1987 | Residency, University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital |
| 1989 | Fellowship, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Northwestern Memorial Hospital) |
Education/Academic qualification
MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
… → 1984
Research interests
- Disability
- Epidemiology
- Health Services Research
- Osteoarthritis
- Public Health
- Rheumatology
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Knee Osteoarthritis
Medicine & Life Sciences
Osteoarthritis
Medicine & Life Sciences
Knee
Medicine & Life Sciences
Cartilage
Medicine & Life Sciences
Joints
Medicine & Life Sciences
Pain
Medicine & Life Sciences
Body Mass Index
Medicine & Life Sciences
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Medicine & Life Sciences
Network
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Grants 2002 2022
Core Center for Clinical Research at Northwestern University
Bass, M., Brown, C. H., Cella, D., Chang, R. W., Chmiel, J. S., Dunlop, D. D., Ghomrawi, H., Hinchcliff, M. E., Holmes, K., Kaat, A. J., Kocherginsky, M., Lee, J., Majka, D. S., Mohr, D. C., Nowinski, C. J., Pope, R. M., Ramsey-Goldman, R., Rothrock, N. E., Sharma, L., Spring, B., Van Horn, L., Weingardt, K. R. & Winter, D. R.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
9/19/17 → 7/31/22
Project: Research project
Research
Technology
Self Report
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Sleep
Long-term Outcomes of Knee OA in the OAI Cohort
University of California, San Francisco, National Institute on Aging
9/15/17 → 5/31/22
Project: Research project
Knee
Osteoarthritis
Disease Progression
Pain
Health
Long-term Significance of Pre-radiographic Lesions in Persons at Risk for Knee OA
Chmiel, J. S., Omar, I. M. & Sharma, L.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
6/1/14 → 5/31/20
Project: Research project
Knee Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis
Knee
X-Rays
Cartilage
Knee OA: Predictors and Outcomes of Physical Inactivity-Activity Transitions
Chang, R. W., Dunlop, D. D., Lee, J. & Sharma, L.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
9/1/16 → 2/28/19
Project: Research project
MCRC/Project 2
Acosta, A., Chang, A. H., Chmiel, J. S., Dunlop, D. D., Moisio, K. C. & Sharma, L.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
8/1/16 → 7/31/19
Project: Research project
Research Output 1992 2019
Association of Varus Knee Thrust During Walking With Worsening Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index Knee Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study
Wink, A. E., Gross, K. D., Brown, C. A., Lewis, C. E., Torner, J., Nevitt, M. C., Tolstykh, I., Sharma, L. & Felson, D. T., Oct 1 2019, In : Arthritis Care and Research. 71, 10, p. 1353-1359 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Knee Osteoarthritis
Ontario
Walking
Knee
Cohort Studies
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Cartilage loss in radiographically normal knees depends on radiographic status of the contralateral knee – data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Eckstein, F., Maschek, S., Roemer, F. W., Duda, G. N., Sharma, L. & Wirth, W., Feb 1 2019, In : Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 27, 2, p. 273-277 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Knee Osteoarthritis
Cartilage
Knee
Joints
Magnetic resonance imaging
Development and validation of risk stratification trees for incident slow gait speed in persons at high risk for knee osteoarthritis
Sharma, L., Kwoh, K., Lee, J. J., Cauley, J., Jackson, R., Hochberg, M., Chang, A. H., Eaton, C., Nevitt, M., Song, J., Almagor, O. & Chmiel, J. S., Oct 1 2019, In : Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 78, 10, p. 1412-1419 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Knee Osteoarthritis
Trees (mathematics)
Osteoarthritis
Walking Speed
Gait
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Hip muscle strength and protection against structural worsening and poor function and disability outcomes in knee osteoarthritis
Chang, A. H-I., Chmiel, J. S., Almagor, O., Hayes, K. W., Guermazi, A., Prasad, P. V., Moisio, K. C., Zhang, Y., Szymaszek, J. & Sharma, L., Jun 1 2019, In : Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 27, 6, p. 885-894 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Knee Osteoarthritis
Muscle Strength
Cartilage
Muscle
Hip
1
Citation
(Scopus)
One Hour a Week: Moving to Prevent Disability in Adults With Lower Extremity Joint Symptoms
Dunlop, D. D., Song, J., Hootman, J. M., Nevitt, M. C., Semanik, P. A., Lee, J., Sharma, L., Eaton, C. B., Hochberg, M. C., Jackson, R. D., Kwoh, C. K. & Chang, R. W., May 1 2019, In : American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 56, 5, p. 664-672 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities of Daily Living
Lower Extremity
Joints
Independent Living
Light