Redesigned Thoracic Lumbar Back Support Now Available from OPTP
OPTP's newly redesigned Thoracic Lumbar Back Support is constructed of high-quality foam and can be attached to any type of seat and anywhere else people sit for extended periods.
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AAOS Study Stresses Importance of Friends on Hip Fracture Recovery
Patients can expect to regain full functionality within 2 to 3 years after hip fracture surgery. In addition, being part of a social network may improve outcomes and speed recovery after treatment, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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Lifting Tips for Home Caregivers from AAOS
As part of Family Caregiver Month in November, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) shares lifting techniques to help home caregivers avoid sprain and strain while caring for their loved ones.
Suicide Watch for Elderly Patients After Hip Fracture?
Suicides rates after surgical treatment are high among older adults recovering from hip fracture. Should therapists be watching these patients more closely?
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Don’t Do This for Patients with Hip Arthritis, Per HSS
Hip arthroscopy should be avoided in patients with hip arthritis, especially in those over the age of 65, results from a recent study from Hospital for Special Surgery suggest.
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Drug Cocktail Offers Promising Ability to Heal Spinal Fractures
Scientists report they have discovered a combination of two commonly available drugs that could help the body heal spinal fractures. Their research was published recently in the journal npj Regenerative Medicine.
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Has Bundled Payments Led to ‘Cherry-Picking’?
A pilot program introducing bundled payments for hip and knee replacement (HKR) in Medicare patients hasn’t led hospitals to “cherry-pick” healthier patients at lower risk of complications, research suggests.
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Treat Your Own Hip: OPTP Announces New McKenzie Method Book
OPTP, Minneapolis, has published the newest addition to the best-selling series of McKenzie Method self-treatment guides. Treat Your Own Hip is an affordable and informative guide that can help readers treat hip pain when it arises and prevent recurrence of pain.
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Treat Heterotopic Ossification at the Cellular Level
A specific type of immune cell may be behind heterotopic ossification — or abnormal bone formation post-injury — and present a possible target for treatment, researchers suggest.
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OnSight 3D Extremity System Provides Images at the Point of Care
Carestream’s OnSight 3D Extremity System is designed to enable 3D upper extremity and weight-bearing lower extremity exams, providing image processing for orthopaedic practices, imaging centers, and hospitals at the point of care.
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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Take Anti-Inflammatories at Night Postsurgery
The effectiveness of anti-inflammatories after surgery depends on when they are taken, according to a study published recently in Scientific Reports that suggests that circadian clock genes are involved in healing from surgery.
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Timing is Everything When it Comes to Knee Replacement Surgery
The timing of knee replacement surgery is critical to optimize its benefit. However, people delay surgery and lose function, and others get it too soon with less benefit, Northwestern University researchers suggest.
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Neofect Debuts Smart Balance, Designed to Rehab the Lower Body by Playing Games
Neofect unveils Neofect Smart Balance, a lower-body rehabilitation device designed to help patients recovering from stroke, ambulatory injuries, and other lower body disabilities regain function in their legs via augmented reality.
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Orpyx SI Sensory Insoles Feature Remote Patient Monitoring
Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc has launched Orpyx SI Sensory Insoles with Remote Patient Monitoring for the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and neuropathy-related ulcers.
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Kessler Foundation Receives Geneva Foundation Grant to Study Meniscal Tears Treatment
Kessler Foundation recently received a $590,000 award from The Geneva Foundation for a 3-year study of the use of an experimental minimally invasive treatment for meniscal tears—the injection of autologous micro-fragmented adipose tissue into the knee joint.
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Knee Replacement Doesn’t Solve Sexual Problems
(Reuters Health) – Patients having knee replacement surgery sometimes hope to regain or improve their sexual activity afterward, but that doesn’t always happen, a new study finds.
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Rheumatic Diseases Make it Difficult to Pinpoint Prosthetic Joint Infections
Standard diagnostic methods are not adequate to identify prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) in patients with rheumatic diseases, according to a new study by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), presented recently at the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Professionals annual meeting in Atlanta.
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Limb Reanimation Program Gets Funding
A $3 million grant from the United States Department of Defense is supporting a group of biomedical researchers as they look to advance a platform to allow unprecedented reanimation of paralyzed limbs under direct control of the brain, Crain’s Cleveland Business reports.
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