Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) – London, United Kingdom, May 2011 and 11th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ECCEO11) - Valencia, Spain, March 2011

Raynauld, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Haraoui, B., Choquette, D., Dorais, M., Wildi, L., Abram, F., Pelletier, J-P. and the Canadian Lecofelone Study Group. Risk factors predictive of joint replacement in a two-year multicentre clinical trial in knee osteoarthritis using MRI: Results from over six years of observation.

Wildi, L.M., Raynauld, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Beaulieu, A., Bessette, L., Morin, F., Abram, F., Dorais, M., Pelletier, J-P.: Chondroitin sulfate reduces both cartilage volume loss and bone marros lesions in knee OA patients starting as early as 6 months after initiation of therapy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled pilot study using MRI.

10th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of    Osteoporosis and  Osteoarthritis (ECCEO10) - Florence, Italia, May 2010

Wildi, L.M., Raynauld, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Abram, F., Dorais, M., Pelletier, J-P.: Bone marrow lesions cartilage loss and pain in knee osteoarthritis (OA): Results from a randomized controlled clinical trial using MRI.

Pelletier, J-P., Raynauld, J-P., Caron, J., Mineau, F., Abram, F., Dorais, M., Haraoui, B., Choquette, D., Martel-Pelletier, J.: A decrease in serum level of matrix metalloproteases is predictive of a drug’s DMOAD effect assessed by quantitative MRI in knee osteoarthritis patients.

Annual World Congress of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) - Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 2009

Raynauld, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Beaulieu, A., Bessette, L., Morin F., Choquette, D., Haraoui, B., Abram, F., Pelletier, J-P.: Magnetic resonance imaging : An open-label pilot study evaluating the disease modifying effect of celecoxib compared to a modelized historical control cohort in knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 17:S176, 2009.

Li, W., Abram, F., Dorais, M., Raynauld, J-P., Pelletier J-P., d’Anjou, M-A. Martel-Pelletier J.: Development of a fully automated system for the quantification of human knee osteoarthritic synovial fluid using magnetic resonance images. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 17:S2126, 2009.

Moreau, M., Rialland, P., Pelletier, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Lajeunesse, D., Boileau, C., Caron, J., Beauchamp, G., Gauvin, D., Troncy, E.: Tiludronate in an experimental dog model of osteoarthritis : Bone anti-resorptive and related functional improvement. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 17:S10-11, 2009.

Rialland, P., Moreau, M., Pelletier, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Lajeunesse, D., Boileau, C., Caron, J., Beauchamp, G., Gauvin, D., Troncy, E.: Validity of pain assessment methods in the experimental dog Pond-Nuki model. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 17:S29-30, 2009.

Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) - Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2009

Li, W., Abram, F., Dorais, M., Raynauld, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Pelletier, J-P.: Development of a fully automated system for the quantification of human knee osteoarthritic synovial fluid using magnetic resonance images. Ann. Rheum. Dis. 68 (suppl 3):144, 2009.

9th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ECCEO9) - Athens, Greece, March 2009

Raynauld, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Beaulieu, A., Bessette, L., Morin, F., Choquette, D., Haraoui, B., Abram, F., Pelletier, J-P.: Magnetic resonance imaging: An open-label pilot study evaluating the disease modifying effect of celecoxib compared to a modelized historical control cohort in knee osteoarthritis.

Li, W., Abram, F., Dorais, M., Raynauld, J-P., Pelletier, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J.: Development of a fully automated system for the quantification of human knee osteoarthritic synovial fluid using magnetic resonance images.

Pelletier, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Raynauld, J-P.: Novelties and perspectives in the management of osteoarthritis.

72th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) - San Francisco, CA, USA, October 2008

Pelletier, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Dorais, M., Abram, F., Haraoui, B., Choquette, D., Raynauld, J-P.: Precision and sensitivity to change of two MRI methods of assessing cartilage loss in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 58:S1419, 2008.

Pelletier, J-P., Raynauld, J-P., Abram, F., Haraoui, B., Choquette, D., Martel-Pelletier, J.: A new non-invasive MRI method to assess synovitis: correlations between disease symptoms and cartilage volume loss in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 58:S1435, 2008.

Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) - Paris, France, June 2008

Martel-Pelletier, J., Li, W., Abram, F., Beaudoin, G., Berthiaume, M.J., Raynauld, J-P., Pelletier, J-P.: Human hip joint cartilage: MRI quantitative volume and thickness measurements discriminating acetabulum and femoral head. Ann. Rheum. Dis. 67:387, 2008.

Pelletier, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J., Dorais, M., Abram, F., Haraoui, B., Choquette, D., Raynauld, J-P.: Measurement of cartilage thickness compared to volume as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with knee osteoarthritis: relevance in a multicentre clinical trial. Ann. Rheum. Dis. 67:391, 2008.

28th Annual Canadian Pain Society Conference « Pain through the Ages – Common Themes » - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 2008

Moreau, M., d’Anjou, M-A., Boileau, C., Martel-Pelletier, J., Abram, F., Raynauld, J-P., Pelletier, J-P., Troncy, E. : Defining and qualifying chronic pain in an experimental osteoarthritic (OA) canine model : Structure/function acquisition using 1.5T MRI and computer radiographs coupled to pressure platform gait analysis.

8th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ECCEO8) - Istanbul, Turkey, April 2008

Li, W., Abram, F., Ross, Y., Dodin, P., Beaudoin, G., Berthiaume, M-J., Raynauld, J-P., Pelletier, J-P., Martel-Pelletier, J.: Human hip cartilage volume and thickness assessed by new quantitative MRI technology: Discrimination between the acetabulum and the femoral head.

Pelletier, J-P., Abram, F., Martel-Pelletier, J.: Knee osteoarthritis synovial membrane thickness : precise and reliable assessment by MRI.

47th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology - Seattle, Washington, USA, March 2008

Troncy, E., Moreau, M., d’Anjou, M-A., Duguay, F., Authier, S., Boileau, C., Martel-Pelletier, J., Abram, F., Raynauld, J-P., Pelletier, J-P.: The quantification of structural/functional impairment in the experimental dog osteoarthritis model is a useful tool for drug testing.