Category: Orthopedics

Orthopedics

Medicine’s Pain Avenger

As the cost of treatment rises, pain management solutions that are efficient and effective become vital assets in the therapist’s toolbox.

Orthopedics

Vertebral Fractures’ Surprising Effect on COVID-19 Survival

Patients with COVID-19 and vertebral fractures are twice as likely to die from the disease, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Orthopedics

NewGait Offers a Way to Help Patients Regain a Normal Walking Gait

SpeedMaker introduces NewGait, described as a tool for physical therapists to use in clinics and for patients with paraplegia who experience bilateral dorsiflexor and quadricep weakness.

Arthritis

Knee Replacement Surgery is All About the Timing for Best Results

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.

Braces

Foot Drop Treatment: Timing Is Everything

Collaboration among rehab disciplines helps pinpoint the ideal timing for multifactorial decisions about bracing. Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation therapists Farris Fakhoury, PT, DPT, and Rich Klager, PT, DPT, NCS, explain the details in this Physical Therapy Products full-length feature.

Joint Replacement

Sending Text Messages to Patients Could Help Improve Surgery Outcomes

An automated text messaging system increases patient engagement with home-based exercise and promotes faster recovery after total knee or hip replacement surgery, suggests a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

Orthotics

Optimizing Outpatient Stroke Rehab

Patient-centered care, a multi-disciplinary team, and technology play key roles in getting the best results. A feature for the June/July 2019 issue of Physical Therapy Products magazine by Kelley Limbauan, PT, DPT.