Arden, Professor Nigel

MB BS, MSc, FRCP, MD

Speciality

Rheumatology

Sub-speciality

Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, inflammatory arthritis, musculoskeletal complications of inflammatory bowel disease

Training and education

Qualified: St. Thomas’ Hospital, London 1986

Senior Registrar in Rheumatology, Southampton General Hospital. 1996-98

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of California at San Francisco 1998

Senior Registrar in Rheumatology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth

Experience

Professor Arden has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since February 2000. 

Key achievements

I run a large research programme into the causes and treatment of osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis.

I run a large clinical trials programme for the management of these conditions. 

I have written the European and International guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoarthritis.

Key awards and prizes

American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Young Investigator award

Research

Edwards CJ, Syddall H, Jameson K, Williams EL, Polosa R, Goswami R, Dennison EM, Arden NK, Cooper C; Hertfordshire Cohort Study Group.  The presence of anticardiolipin antibodies in adults may be influenced by infections in infancy.  QJM. 2008 Jan;101(1):41-7.

Arden NK, Reading IC, Jordan KM, Thomas L, Platten H, Hassan A, Ledingham J.A randomised controlled trial of tidal irrigation vs corticosteroid injection in knee osteoarthritis: the KIVIS Study.  Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2008 16:733-739

Birrell F, Arden NK. A view on the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis from the shoulders of giants. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2008; 47:1263-1264.

Bowen CJ, Dewbury K, Sampson M, Sawyer S, Burridge J, Edwards CJ, Arden NK. Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging of the plantar forefoot in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: inter-observer agreement between a podiatrist and a radiologist. J Foot Ankle Res 2008; 1:5.

Colebatch AN, Hart DJ, Zhai G, Williams FM, Spector TD, Arden NK.  Efffective measurement of knee alignment using AP knee radiographs.  The Knee 16 (2009) 42-45

Abdin-Mohamed M, Jameson K, Dennison EM, Cooper C, Arden NK. The Hertfordshire Cohort Study Group.  Volumetric bone mineral density of the tibia is not increased in subjects with radiographic knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage 2009;17:174-7

Arden N, Lane N, Parimi N, Javaid MK, Lui L, Hochberg M, Nevitt M.  Defining incident radiographic hip OA for epidemiological studies in women.  Arthritis Rheum 2009 Apr; 60(4):1052-9

Javaid MK, Lane NE, Mackey DC, Lui LY, Arden NK, Beck TJ, Hochberg MC, Nevitt MC.  Changes in proximal femoral mineral geometry precede the onset of radiographic hip osteoarthritis: The study of osteoporotic fractures.  Arthritis Rheum 2009 July;60(7)2028-36

Mahon P, Harvey N, Crozier S, Inskip H, Robinson S, Arden N, Swaminathan R, Cooper C; The SWS Study Group, Godfrey K.  Low maternal vitamin D status and fetal bone development cohort study.  J Bone Miner Res 2009 July 6 [Epub ahead of print]

Bowen CJ, Culliford D, Dewbury K, Sampson M, Burridge J, Hooper L, Edwards CJ, Arden NK.  The clinical importance of ultrasound detectable forefoot bursae in rheumatoid arthritis.  Rheumatology (Oxford) 2009 Sept 30 [Epub ahead of print]

Harvey N, Javaid M, Arden N, Poole J, Crozier S, Robinson S, Inskip H, Godfrey K, Dennison E, Cooper C.  Maternal determinants of intrauterine bone mineral accrual: The Southampton Women’s Survey.  J DOHAD IN PRESS 2009

Harvey N; Mahon P; Robinson S; Nisbet C; Javaid MK; Crozier S; Inskip H; Godfrey KM; Arden NK; Dennison EM; Cooper C. Different indices of fetal growth predict bone size and volumetric density at 4 years old. JBMR 2009 IN PRESS

Culliford DJ, Maskell J, Beard DJ, Murray DW, Price AJ, Arden NK.  Temporal Trends in hip and knee replacement in the United Kingdom 1991 to 2006.  The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. Vol 92-B, No 1, January 2010; 130-135