A randomized trial of adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis has found that a 12-week online yoga program improved knee function in participants. However, the program did not significantly improve knee pain during walking. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Scientists have perfected hydroxyapatite, a material for mineralizing bones and teeth.
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) released a summary of its updated guideline for the Prevention and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis. New osteoporosis medications and new literature have become available since the last ACR treatment guideline was published in 2017.
The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) issued formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the agency’s proposed payment policy changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2023. In both letters, AAOS urged the agency to address growing health care costs, expand access to care and ease physician burden as they continue to navigate patient care, amidst financial and practice management challenges exacerbated by the pandemic.
Popping a pill may bring short-term relief for arthritis-related joint pain, but many older adults may not realize that what they swallow could raise their risk of other health problems, or that other non-drug options could help them, a new poll suggests.
Physicians and scientists from Cedars-Sinai will be attending and sharing research and clinical breakthroughs at the American Rhinologic Society Annual Meeting (ARS) taking place Sept. 9-10, the American Neurotology Society (ANS) “Super Saturday” Meeting Sept. 10, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting (AAO-HNSF22) taking place Sept. 10-14, in Philadelphia.
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, a type of knee injury that usually occurs during sports, is becoming more common among children and teenagers. When surgery is recommended for children and teenagers with an injury to the ACL, the operation should be done promptly. But children and teenagers whose parents principally speak a language other than English are at doubled risk of delayed surgery, according to a study in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® (CORR®), a publication of The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
The latest research and expert commentary on pain management.
A multidisciplinary effort to improve care for older patients who arrive at the emergency room with a hip fracture has decreased the time before they have surgery, shortened hospital stays, and resulted in better follow-up care, UT Southwestern physicians reported in Geriatric Nursing.
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Tohoku University scientists in Japan have made a scaffold that supports the growth of new bone in large jaw defects in mice.
Orthopedic surgeons Lew C. Schon, M.D., FAAOS, Director of Orthopedic Innovation at The Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction (IFAR) at Mercy, and Rebecca A. Cerrato, M.D., FAAOS, Director of the Mercy IFAR Fellowship Program, appear together as guests of the hospital’s ongoing talk show series, “Medoscopy,” airing on Facebook Watch, Tues.-Wed., Aug. 30th and 31st at 5:30 p.m. EST.
Ohio State University engineering and medical researchers are developing a digital health system approach designed to enhance back-pain clinical decision-making.
The latest research and expert commentary on the monkeypox outbreak.
Bone health requires a balanced activity of various bone cell types including bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts. Osteoporosis occurs when osteoclasts dominate without adequate bone formation to compensate.
Funds awarded by the patient-centered outcomes research institute to identify the best interventions to prevent recurrent leg and hip fractures.
Houston Methodist researchers present clinical evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of injecting pain medication directly into the tibia during knee replacement surgery for better postoperative pain management. The study revealed patients receiving a mixture of morphine and vancomycin injected into the shin bone have less pain post-surgery than those who received the infusion without morphine during surgery.
Two studies are included: Total joint replacement outcomes in the unhoused and health literacy linked to shoulder arthroplasty outcomes
Persona IQ Smart Knee captures and transmits knee motion data that can optimize patient monitoring, recovery and research after knee replacement surgery
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