Persona IQ combines the Zimmer Biomet knee implant Persona The Personalized Knee, with implantable sensor technology that measures range of motion, step count, walking speed, and other gait metrics.
A study looks at the effect of providing smaller initial opioids prescriptions on the risk of refill in the first 30 days after surgery.
Researchers have designed and patented a new device for carrying out knee rehabilitation and strengthening exercises.
When patients’ hip or knee replacements were delayed in response to COVID-19 surges, chatbots delivering encouraging messages not only benefited their mental health but also boosted their physical health, according to a recent study.
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PhD student Imran Deen and Professor Federico Rosei from Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) are working on a coating that mimics bone tissue. Their study is published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
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Mytonomy, a provider of enterprise cloud solutions, releases Cloud for Total Joint Replacement to optimize successful outcomes for patients facing joint replacement surgery.
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A minimally invasive ablation procedure offers long-term relief for patients who experience chronic and debilitating pain after knee replacement surgery, according to a study being presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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A growing number of adolescents in the United States are undergoing total hip replacement surgeries, according to new study findings from researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City, published in The Journal of Arthroplasty.
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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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Only a minority of US Medicare beneficiaries with knee osteoarthritis in 2005-2010 used non-surgical care such as physical therapy and knee injections, and few were treated by rheumatologists, physiatrists, or pain specialists, new research reveals.
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A subset of middle-aged men with cerebral palsy are up to 5.6 times more likely to suffer fractures than men without the disorder, according to researchers at Michigan Medicine.
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Patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) show significant reduction in pain and other symptoms and improvement in walking gait biomechanics. However, those improvements do not lead to increased daily physical activity levels, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
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For patients with severe arthritis of the ankle, total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) provides better long-term function than ankle arthrodesis (AA), reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer.
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurred in nearly 20% of patients who underwent surgery with implantation of antibiotic-loaded “spacers” and intravenous (IV) antibiotics for the treatment of deep infections after total knee arthroplasty, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
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Taking into consideration the costs of forgoing versus pursuing total knee replacement, researchers suggest that across older and younger age groups, the procedure is a cost-effective treatment for these patients.
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An underused type of knee surgery in younger patients, called high tibial osteotomy, shows considerable success in reducing the need for total knee replacement, research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) suggests.
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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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Now available from OPTP, Minneapolis, FitGlide by Bob and Brad is an easy-to-use tool designed to aid exercise and rehabilitation of the lower extremities.
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