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.
Researchers saw a fourfold decline in the rate of patients who needed to go back to the hospital after total hip or knee replacements if they were enrolled in a program that used wearable step counters and conversational text messaging to keep tabs on recovery.
Osteoarthritis (OA) patients can benefit from a qualified, conservative therapy program, a Norwegian study, published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, suggests.
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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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 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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(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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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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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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A “pre-habilitation” program – counseling by a peer coach who has already had a knee replacement – could be helpful to patients scheduled for a knee replacement, to prepare them for the procedure, according to researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery.
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A study in Science Translational Medicine documents how scientists were able to successfully characterize and implement bionic leg technology in three amputees to help them merge with their bionic prosthetic legs as they climb over various obstacles without having to look.
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Now available from OPTP are Dynamic Duo Balance & Stability Trainers, designed to tilt, pivot and rotate, offering a truly dynamic challenge in all planes of motion.
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