Abstract
The Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) World Congress on Osteoarthritis was held in the Hilton Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic from 7–10th December, 2006. For the congress, 784 participants from 51 countries were registered, more than for previous congresses in Chicago and Boston; the program committee received 405 abstracts, which was also an increase on previous OARSI congresses. The Congress co-chairs were Sergio Jimenez (USA) and Karel Pavelka (Czech Republic). The program was based on four plenary and 13 concurrent sessions with introductory lectures from invited speakers related to the topics of presented abstracts. It was accompanied by six special breakfast workshops. There were also two satellite company symposia (Rottapharm and IBSA). The scientific sessions addressed basic research topics, such as regulation of gene expression, cytokines and metalloproteinases, and biomechanics and clinical topics, including joint replacement, clinical trial design, cartilage repair, pain mechanisms in osteoarthritis (OA) and intervertebral disc degeneration, biomarkers, development of agents with potential structure-modifying effect and evidence based reviews on the Symptomatic Slow-Acting Drug for OsteoArthritis (SYSADOA) group.
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