Solovy/Arthritis Research Society Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Rheumatology
Dr. Leena Sharma, MD
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Doctor Leena Sharma, MD is an expert in the field of Rheumatology. She researched medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin. Medical College of Wisconsin is ranked 54/62 in Research/PrimaryCare. She has 3 awards "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Super Doctor" and "Fellow (FACP)". Leena Sharma is a published doctor. She published 99 publications, including: 'Grip strength and the risk of developing radiographic hand osteoarthritis: results from the Framingham Study.' She is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Significance of preradiographic magnetic resonance imaging lesions in persons at increased risk of knee osteoArthritis.
- The role of varus and valgus alignment in the initial development of Knee cartilage damage by MRI: the MOST study.
- Excess body weight and four-year function outcomes: comparison of African Americans and whites in a prospective study of osteoArthritis.
- Varus and valgus alignment and incident and progressive knee osteoArthritis.
- Sedentary behavior and physical function: objective evidence from the osteoArthritis initiative.
- External knee adduction and flexion moments during gait and medial tibiofemoral disease progression in knee osteoArthritis.
- Factors associated with pain experience outcome in knee osteoArthritis.
- Trajectory of Cartilage Loss within Four Years of Knee Replacement - A Nested Case-Control Study from the OsteoArthritis Initiative.
- Relationship of meeting physical activity guidelines with health-related utility.
- Varus Thrust and Knee Frontal Plane Dynamic Motion in Persons with Knee OsteoArthritis.
- Physical activity, alignment and knee osteoArthritis: data from MOST and the OAI.
- Racial and ethnic differences in physical activity guidelines attainment among people at high risk of or having knee osteoArthritis.
- Valgus malalignment is a risk factor for lateral knee osteoArthritis incidence and progression: Findings from the multicenter osteoArthritis study and the osteoarthrit...
- Obesity and other modifiable factors for physical inactivity measured by accelerometer in adults with knee osteoArthritis.
- Breaking the Law of Valgus: the surprising and unexplained prevalence of medial Patellofemoral cartilage damage.
- How do short-term rates of femorotibial cartilage change compare to long-term changes? Four year follow-up data from the osteoArthritis initiative.
- Knee Malalignment is Associated with an Increased Risk for Incident and Enlarging Bone Marrow Lesions in the More Loaded Compartments: The MOST Study.
- Patterns of compartment involvement in tibiofemoral osteoArthritis in men and women and in Caucasians and African Americans: The Multicenter OsteoArthritis Study.
- Knee confidence as it relates to physical function outcome in persons with or at high risk of knee osteoArthritis in the osteoArthritis initiative.
- Objective physical activity measurement in the osteoArthritis initiative: Are guidelines being met?
- Risk factors for medial meniscal pathology on Knee MRI in older US adults: a multicentre prospective cohort study.
- Superficial Femoral Artery Plaque and Functional Performance in Peripheral Arterial Disease Walking and Leg Circulation Study (WALCS III).
- Varus-valgus alignment: reduced risk of subsequent cartilage loss in the less loaded compartment.
- Physical activity levels and functional performance in the osteoArthritis initiative: a graded relationship.
- Subregional effects of meniscal tears on cartilage loss over 2 years in knee osteoArthritis.
- Assessing physical activity in persons with knee osteoArthritis using accelerometers: data from the osteoArthritis initiative.
- Comment on: Varus malalignment negates the structure-modifying benefits of doxycycline in obese women with knee osteoArthritis.
- Quadriceps weakness predicts risk for Knee joint space narrowing in women in the MOST cohort.
- Frequency of varus and valgus thrust and factors associated with thrust presence in persons with or at higher risk of developing knee osteoArthritis.
- Moving to maintain function in knee osteoArthritis: evidence from the osteoArthritis initiative.
- Subchondral bone attrition may be a reflection of compartment-specific mechanical load: the MOST Study.
- Within-subregion relationship between bone marrow lesions and subsequent cartilage loss in knee osteoArthritis.
- Denuded subchondral bone and knee pain in persons with knee osteoArthritis.
- Effect of thigh strength on incident radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoArthritis in a longitudinal cohort.
- Knee extensor strength does not protect against incident knee symptoms at 30 months in the multicenter knee osteoArthritis (MOST) cohort.
- Is obesity a risk factor for progressive radiographic knee osteoArthritis?
- Medial-to-lateral ratio of tibiofemoral subchondral bone area is adapted to alignment and mechanical load.
- Associations of borderline and low normal ankle-brachial index values with functional decline at 5-year follow-up: the WALCS (Walking and Leg Circulation Study).
- Alignment and osteoArthritis of the knee.
- Patterns of femorotibial cartilage loss in Knees with neutral, varus, and valgus alignment.
- Does knee malalignment mediate the effects of quadriceps strengthening on knee adduction moment, pain, and function in medial knee osteoArthritis? A randomized contro...
- Relationship of meniscal damage, meniscal extrusion, malalignment, and joint laxity to subsequent cartilage loss in osteoarthritic Knees.
- Asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease is associated with more adverse lower extremity characteristics than intermittent claudication.
- The relationship between toe-out angle during gait and progression of medial tibiofemoral osteoArthritis.
- The ratio of type II collagen breakdown to synthesis and its relationship with the progression of knee osteoArthritis.
- The role of varus and valgus alignment in knee osteoArthritis.
- Full-limb and knee radiography assessments of varus-valgus alignment and their relationship to osteoArthritis disease features by magnetic resonance imaging.
- Lower extremity ischemia, calf skeletal muscle characteristics, and functional impairment in peripheral arterial disease.
- Overweight: advancing our understanding of its impact on the Knee and the hip.
- Long-term impact of Fit and Strong! on older adults with osteoArthritis.
- dGEMRIC as a function of BMI.
- The relationship between specific tissue lesions and pain severity in persons with knee osteoArthritis.
- OMERACT workshop radiography session 1.
- Epidemiology of osteoArthritis: an update.
- Femorotibial and patellar cartilage loss in patients prior to total Knee arthroplasty, heterogeneity, and correlation with alignment of the Knee.
- Delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage in knee osteoArthritis: findings at different radiographic stages of disease and relationship to ma...
- Hip abduction moment and protection against medial tibiofemoral osteoArthritis progression.
- The natural history of anteroposterior laxity and its role in knee osteoArthritis progression.
- Severity of joint Pain and Kellgren-Lawrence grade at baseline are better predictors of joint space narrowing than bone scintigraphy in obese women with knee osteoarth...
- Thrust during ambulation and the progression of knee osteoArthritis.
- Varus-valgus alignment in the progression of patellofemoral osteoArthritis.
- The role of proprioceptive deficits, ligamentous laxity, and malalignment in development and progression of knee osteoArthritis.
- Potential strategies to reduce medial compartment loading in patients with knee osteoArthritis of varying severity: reduced walking speed.
- Impact of the fit and strong intervention on older adults with osteoArthritis.
- Is a strong quadriceps muscle bad for a patient with knee osteoArthritis?
- Glycosaminoglycan distribution in cartilage as determined by delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC): potential clinical applications.
- Depressive symptoms and lower extremity functioning in men and women with peripheral arterial disease.
- Quadriceps strength and osteoArthritis progression in malaligned and lax knees.
- Examination of exercise effects on knee osteoArthritis outcomes: why should the local mechanical environment be considered?
- Statin use and leg functioning in patients with and without lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease.
- The influence of alignment on risk of knee osteoArthritis progression according to baseline stage of disease.
- Nonpharmacologic management of osteoArthritis.
- Lower extremity performance is associated with daily life physical activity in individuals with and without peripheral arterial disease.
- Local factors in osteoArthritis.
- Leg symptoms in peripheral arterial disease: associated clinical characteristics and functional impairment.
- The role of knee alignment in disease progression and functional decline in knee osteoArthritis.
- Higher grip strength increases the risk of incident radiographic osteoArthritis in proximal hand joints.
- Knee pain and joint loading in subjects with osteoArthritis of the knee.
- OsteoArthritis: new insights. Part 1: the disease and its risk factors.
- The association between varus-valgus alignment and patellofemoral osteoArthritis.
- The mechanism of the effect of obesity in knee osteoArthritis: the mediating role of malalignment.
- Effect of knee pain on joint loading in patients with osteoArthritis.
- Proprioceptive impairment in knee osteoArthritis.
- Laxity in healthy and osteoarthritic Knees.
- Does laxity alter the relationship between strength and physical function in knee osteoArthritis?
- Grip strength and the risk of developing radiographic hand osteoArthritis: results from the Framingham Study.
- Knee adduction moment, serum hyaluronan level, and disease severity in medial tibiofemoral osteoArthritis.
- Studying how osteoArthritis causes disability: nothing is simple.
- Effect of age and osteoArthritis on knee proprioception.
- Is knee joint proprioception worse in the arthritic knee versus the unaffected knee in unilateral knee osteoArthritis?
- Impaired proprioception and osteoArthritis.
- Role of growth hormone status in the outcome of total Knee replacement.
- Decline of plasma growth hormone binding protein in old age.
- Prognostic factors for functional outcome of total Knee replacement: a prospective study.
- Clinical significance of anti-At(a).
- Why a rheumatologist should be interested in arthroscopy.
- Antiphospholipid antibodies and arterial thrombosis. Case reports and a review of the literature.
- Relation of physical activity time to incident disability in community dwelling adults with or at risk of knee Arthritis: prospective cohort study.
Schools
Medical College of Wisconsin
Procedures Preformed
- Steroid Injection
Conditions Treated
- Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Low Back Pain
- OsteoArthritis
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Doctors Specialties
- Rheumatology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FACP)
Education
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McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University -
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals -
Medical College of Wisconsin
Hospital
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1548375454 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SHARMA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | LEENA | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 606114546 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Rheumatology | |
| Total Claim Count | 92.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1548375454 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SHARMA |
| First Name Of The Provider | LEENA |
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