Most Racket Sports Players Return to Play at Similar Skill Level After Joint Arthroplasty
In a study, most racket sports players successfully returned to play within six months after joint arthroplasty, often at similar skill levels.
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Altered Signaling Contributes to Post-Knee-Replacement Pain
A new study may help identify useful pain management techniques for people with persistent pain after knee replacement surgery.
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Henry Ford Health Researchers Look at Steroids as Pain Control Alternative to Opioids
Henry Ford Health orthopedic researchers investigate whether a steroid pill can reduce pain after outpatient knee replacements.
Most US Hospitals Are Not Sharing Price Information for Joint Replacement as Required
Only 32% of hospital websites are fully compliant with transparency in pricing about joint replacement, according to a new study.
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Knee Replacement Offers Little Benefit, Study Suggests
People with Parkinson’s with knee arthritis report minimal improvements in life quality after knee replacement, per Parkinson’s News Today.
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Regrowing Knee Cartilage — A Promising Hop Toward Arthritis Healing
UConn bioengineers successfully regrew cartilage in a rabbit’s knee, a promising hop toward healing joints in humans, they report in a recent issue of Science Translational Medicine.
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Considering a Bone or Joint Surgery? You May Not Need It
Considering bone or joint surgery? In many cases, surgery may be no more effective than options like exercise, physical therapy and drug treatments, according to The Indian Express.
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Married Patients Seem to Experience Better Joint Replacement Outcomes
A recent study, “Effect of Marital Status on Outcomes Following Total Joint Arthroplasty,” looked at contributing factors toward the best and safest environment for a patient to recuperate following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA).
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Active Implants Partners with Geistlich Pharma AG to Distribute NUsurface Meniscus Prosthesis
The world’s first artificial meniscus prosthesis is now available in Switzerland, Active Implants reports.
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New Data Supports Clinical Benefits of mymobility with Apple Watch
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc presents four new studies exploring the potential benefits of using a smartphone-based remote care management platform to support recovery from knee and hip replacement procedures, at the AAOS annual meeting.
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Knee Replacement Revision is Off the Charts for Black Patients
Black patients had a 39% higher risk of aseptic revision and an 11% higher risk of septic revision than white patients, Hospital for Special Surgery researchers reveal, in JAMA Network Open.
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Meniscus Implant Relieves Pain in as Early as 6 Months
Two-year results from the MERCURY study suggests that the NUsurface Meniscus Implant provides statistically superior pain relief beginning at 6 months compared to non-surgical therapy, Active Implants LLC reports.
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Meniscus Joint Healing Could Improve This Way
Bone marrow-derived fibrin clots support meniscus joint healing better than their peripheral blood counterparts, researchers from Osaka City University suggest.
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Few Older Patients with Knee OA Receive Physical Therapy Prior to Surgery
Just 23% of Medicare beneficiaries with osteoarthritis who eventually underwent knee replacement ever had a physical therapy visit, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
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High Schoolers Build Compression Stocking to Aid Knee Surgery Recovery
The Army Ants youth robotics team, consisting of 35 teens from schools in Missouri, consulted with experts and professional therapists to build a smart compression stocking for people recovering from knee surgery, Government Technology reports.
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TKA Seem More Painful for Postmenopausal Women? This is Why
Total knee replacement may be more painful for vitamin D deficient, postmenopausal women, according to a new study. Other risk factors for increased postoperative pain include smoking and high body mass index.
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OPTP Introduces the FitGlide by Bob & Brad
The FitGlide by Bob and Brad, new from OPTP, is an easy-to-use tool for exercise and rehabilitation of the lower extremities.
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MagnaCare and Mount Sinai Health System Launch Joint Replacement Center of Excellence
MagnaCare, an administrative services organization helping self-insured employers achieve greater healthcare value, has partnered with the Mount Sinai Health System to develop a Center of Excellence program for total joint replacement surgery.
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