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OPTP Introduces the Fit Glide 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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Advanced therapy pools and accessories power up programs that improve quality-of-life measures.
Should Stress Tests Be Performed Prior to Joint Replacement Surgery?
Among some patients, performing preoperative stress testing for hip and knee replacements may have been unnecessary, researchers note in JAMA Cardiology.
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Help Prevent Joint Replacement Surgery
Using a machine-learning algorithm able to detect subtle signs of osteoarthritis—too abstract to register in the eye of a trained radiologist—on an MRI scan taken years before symptoms even begin, patients could one day be treated with preventative drugs rather than undergoing joint replacement surgery.
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How Opioid Prescriptions for Knee Surgery Vary from State to State
According to research from Texas A&M University and the University of Pennsylvania on opioid prescribing practices across the country after outpatient knee surgeries, prescription strength and number of tablets is prescribed highest in Oklahoma and lowest in Vermont.
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Joint Replacement Surges After Medicaid Expansion
States that have expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act have seen an “early surge in demand” for hip and knee replacement surgery, according to a recent study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer.
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Shoulder Replacements Tend to Last More Than 10 Years, Per Study
More than 90% of shoulder replacement implants last more than 10 years, according to a large study that examined data on nearly 18,000 people who underwent the procedure.
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Proposed Medicare Cuts to Total Joint Arthroplasty Will Hit Surgeons and Practices Hard, Per AAHKS Statement
“If these Medicare cuts are finalized, it sends a strong signal: when providers in the vanguard of value-based care begin to achieve some efficiencies in the delivery of care, CMS will use those positive developments as a justification to cut Medicare fee-for-service reimbursement regardless of the extra work that goes into achieving these outcomes,” says C. Lowry Barnes, MD, AAHKS President, in a statement responding to CMS’s proposed cuts.
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Clinical Trial to Assess Weight-Loss Program to Help Patients Become Eligible for Joint Replacement
Digital health startup Nutrimedy Inc is partnering with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in a clinical trial to assess a mobile weight-loss app aimed at helping patients become eligible for total joint arthroscopy (TJA).
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Experts Issue Guidelines on Resuming Elective Surgery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
A expert panel has issued recommendations to guide safe resumption of elective orthopedic surgery, such as joint replacement surgery or knee arthroscopy.
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How Hip Replacement Could Help Improve Lower Back Pain
Symptomatic lower back pain resolved in 82% of patients after total hip arthroplasty (THA), according to a new study by researchers at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS).
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In RA Patients, This Determines Worse Joint Replacement Outcomes
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), higher disease activity — not post-operative flares — increases the risk of pain and poor function one year after a total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City.
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Avoid Hip Arthroscopy in Patients with Hip Arthritis, HSS Researchers Suggest
The percentage of patients with hip arthritis who had a hip replacement within two years of hip arthroscopy was unacceptably high at 68%, according to a new study of more than 2,600 patients by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). Prior hip arthroscopy was also associated with significantly worse outcomes after hip replacement.
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DJO Offers Free Trial of OaraScore Risk Assessment Tool
DJO Global Inc announces that OaraScore, its patient risk assessment algorithm, now will be available with a 6-month free trial for all new users.
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This is a Strong Predictor of Post-Joint Surgery Opioid Use
Obesity and preoperative analgesic use were the strongest predictors of the ongoing use of analgesics 1 year after joint replacement surgery, according to Finnish researchers, in Arthritis Research & Therapy.
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Higher Weight, Sooner Knee Replacement Because of This
Obese patients undergo knee replacements around 8 years earlier than those who are a regular weight, researchers suggest, in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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Articular Cartilage Repair Failures
When damaged, articular cartilage can be repaired – but these treatments can also fail. In an opinion piece in The Times of India, the author looks at some ways these repairs have gone wrong.
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