Abstract Deadline July 31

The abstract submission area is closed. Abstract notification will be sent in mid September.

Program Co-Chairs:

• Sergio Jimenez
  Thomas Jefferson University
  Philadelphia, Pa., USA
• MD Karel Pavelka, MD, PhD
  Institut of Rheumatology
  Prague, Czech Republic

Abstracts may be submitted on the following topics:

• Animal Models
• Biomarkers
• Bone Biology
• Cartilage Biology
• Epidemiology and Health Services Research
• Genetics and Genomics
• Imaging
• Osteoarthritis Clinical Aspects
• Pain and Disability
• Synovial Tissue Biology
• Tissue Engineering and Repair
• Surgical Treatment of OA
• Non-surgical Treatment of OA

• Submission deadline is Monday, July 31, 2006.
• There are no paper submissions. Abstract submission fee is $25 per abstract.
• All abstracts submitted will be peer reviewed and may be accepted for either an oral presentation or poster presentation.
• All abstracts will be published in a supplement issue of the OARSI journal, Osteoarthritis & Cartilage.
• All presenters are expected to cover their own travel, lodging and Congress registration fees.
• No submissions will be accepted after July 31, 2006, 11:59 PM, CST.
• Submitters will receive decision notifications by September 15, 2006.

Nothing is faster or more efficient than simply typing your abstract online and submitting it through the Web. This allows you to prepare and submit your abstract interactively on the Internet. When you submit electronically, your abstract is automatically forwarded for submission. You may submit as many abstracts as you wish.

The abstract submission area is closed. Abstract notification will be sent in mid September.