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Division Overview
Bone Biology
Bone Diseases
Cartilage and Connective Tissue
Clinical Osteoarthritis & Diagnostic Imaging of Bones and Joints
Muscle Development and Physiology
Muscle Disorders and Therapies
Musculoskeletal Development, Tissue Engineering, and Regenerative Medicine
Orthopaedic Research

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Orthopaedic Research Program

Reviewed July 19, 2008

Research Areas

Clinical, epidemiologic and outcomes research in orthopaedics and musculoskeletal rehabilitation
Sports medicine, fitness, musculoskeletal injury prevention
Musculoskeletal occupational health
Biomaterials, orthopaedic devices and joint replacement (includes implant wear and the biologic response to it)
Repetitive motion disorders
Biologic repair of musculoskeletal tissues (tissue engineering, artificial matrices, gene therapy)
Musculoskeletal biomechanics

Staff Contact

Jim Panagis, M.D., M.P.H.
Program Director
Orthopaedics Research Program
Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases
NIAMS, NIH, DHHS
One Democracy Plaza
6701 Democracy Blvd. Ste. 800
Bethesda, MD 20892-4872
Email: panagisj@mail.nih.gov