OARSI LIVE Webinar Series

UPCOMING OARSI LIVE SCHEDULE

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 5:00 pm ET

Title:   Can ACL Ruptures Heal? An Overview of the Latest Evidence and Implications for Knee Osteoarthritis

Session Description: 

This presentation will take a deep dive into the latest research on healing ACL ruptures through non-surgical management, including:

  • An overview of research on the Cross Bracing Protocol, which has been used to manage acute ACL ruptures in more than 1200 patients
  • An update of the latest evidence on ACL rupture healing following management with rehabilitation alone
  • Discussion of factors that predict ACL injury healing capacity
  • A summary of ongoing randomised controlled trials on ACL injury healing
  • Consideration of the potential implications of ACL healing on knee osteoarthritis development

Presenter: A/Prof Dr Stephanie Filbay, University of Melbourne, Australia

Moderator: Chelsea Martin, PT, PhD, SCS, University of North Carolina, USA

Registration is free for OARSI members, $25 for non members.

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PAST OARSI LIVE WEBINAR RECORDINGS

Members:  View past recordings here

Date:   February 11, 2026

Title:   Ongoing Research Uncertainties and Priorities in Exercise Therapy for OA

Presenters: Prof. Dr. Kim Bennell, University of Melbourne, Australia and Dr Travis Haber, University of Melbourne, Australia

Moderator:  Lisa Carlesso, PhD, PT, McMaster University, Canada

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Date:   November 12, 2025

Title:   Journal Club: “Osteoarthritis as an Evolutionary Legacy: Biological Ageing and Chondrocyte Hypertrophy “

Presenters:  Prof. Dr. Peter van der Kraan, Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands and Prof. Dr. David Hunter, University of Sydney, Australia

Moderator:  Martijn van den Bosch, PhD, Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Date:   October 15, 2025

Title:   Real-World Evidence in Osteoarthritis: Getting More from Observational Data than Correlations

Presenter: Matthew Tenan, PhD, ATC, FACSM, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Moderator: Jesse Charlton, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada

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Date:   September 30, 2025

Title:   EsSKOA Update

Presenters: 

  • Lauren King, MD, PhD, University ofToronto
  • Jean Liew, MD, Boston University Medical Center
  • Armaghan Mahmoudian, PT, PhD, University of West Florida

Moderator: Lisa Carlesso, PhD, PT, McMaster University, Canada

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Date:  June 11, 2025

Title: From Bench to Bedside:  Novel Developments in OA Research

Presenters: Dr. Brad Estes, CytexOrtho and Dr. Hannah Zlotnick, Colorado University Boulder

Moderator: Brian Diekman, University of North Carolina

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Date:  May 21, 2025

Title: From Isolation to Insight: Advanced Extracellular Vesicles Biomarker Analysis in Osteoarthritis

Presenters:

  • Tony Hu, PhD, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
  • Xin Zhang, MD, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
  • Moderator:  Virginia Byers Kraus, MD, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

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Date:  March 12, 2025

Title: Patient Engagement in Research: More Than A Box to Check

Presenters:

  • Linda Li, PhD, Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada
  • Jackie Whitaker, PT, PhD,  The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • Moderator: Rita Schriemer, MA, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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Date: November 13, 2024

Title: Implementing Wearable Sensors in Osteoarthritis Research

Presenters:

  • Dylan Kobsar, PhD, McMaster University, Ontario Canada
  • Katrijn Smulders, PhD, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • Moderator:  Jesse Charlton, PhD, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

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Date: October 16, 2024

Title: Causal Inference and Confounding: Practical Considerations for Study Design and Analysis

Presenter: Elena Losina, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Moderator: Lisa Carlesso, PhD, PT, McMaster University, Canada

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Date:  September 18, 2024

Title:  Placebo, Nocebo and Contextual Effects: The Missed Link in Osteoarthritis

Presenters:

  • Giacomo Rossettini, PhD, PT, Roma Sapienza University and Verona University, Italy
  • Maxi Miciak, PhD, PT, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Moderator:

  • Marco Testa, PhD, PT, University of Genoa, Campus of Savona, Italy 
 

Date:  May 15, 2024

Title:  Role of Artificial Intelligence in Osteoarthritis Imaging

Presenters:

  • Mikael Boesen, MD, PhD, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Chunyi Wen, PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Moderator:

  • Anders Lenskjold, MD, MHI, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital and Radiological AI Test Center, Copenhagen, Denmark