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Patients receiving treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) prefer to play a more collaborative role when it comes to making decisions about their medical or surgical care, according to the findings of an August 3rd issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS)... Read more
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Long-term smokers less vulnerable to osteoarthritis: Australian study
Xinhua
While smoking is linked to many health problems, including lung cancer and heart disease, the study found long-term male smokers were less vulnerable to osteoarthritis. Researchers from the University of Adelaide studied the health records of 11000 men…
Low Success Rate for Universal Wrist Prosthesis in RA
Doctors Lounge
Wrist arthroplasty with Universal wrist prosthesis has a high failure rate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, mainly due to carpal component loosening, according to a study published in the May 18 issue of The Journal of Bone &…
Arthroscopic Debridement - What Osteoarthritis Patients Should Know
About.com: Health
Non-surgical, conservative treatments are typically tried first when attempting to manage knee osteoarthritis. When conservative treatments fail, it may be time to look into joint surgery. ...
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News > Depression Can Worsen Knee Pain
Arthritis Today
3/23/11 Depression could make symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, or OA, feel even worse. In fact, a study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery says depression can have just as strong an effect on knee pain as physical…
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Depression may worsen symptoms in older patients with knee OA
Ortho SuperSite
Clinical depression can exacerbate the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis beyond what is evident on X-rays, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. The study also noted that…
Joint Surgery for Osteoarthritis: An Overview
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Joint surgery is considered a last resort treatment option, after all conservative treatments for osteoarthritis have failed. If you have pain and loss of ...
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Associations of Anatomical Measures from MRI with Radiographically Defined ...
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)
Background The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis is traditionally based on radiographic findings, but magnetic resonance imaging is now being used to ...
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According to a new study from the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), patients with acute plantar fasciitis who perform manual plantar fasciitis stretching exercises, as opposed to shockwave therapy, had superior results and higher patient satisfaction. Study details and findings A total of 102 patients who had acute…
According to a new study from the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), patients with acute plantar fasciitis who perform manual plantar fasciitis stretching exercises, as opposed to shockwave therapy, had superior results and higher patient satisfaction. Study details and findings A total of 102 patients who had acute…
Disc Surgery in Nonradicular Lower Back Pain
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)
The article proceeds to document studies in which patients had defined diagnoses other than just low back pain and degenerative disc disease, ...
Disc Surgery in Nonradicular Lower Back PainJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery…
French researchers say the quality of care patients receive right after having orthopedic surgery may have a major impact on their long-term heart health. Read more
A reader who recently had joint surgery asks an expert if the naproxen he was taking for pain could be the cause of his suddenly elevated blood pressure. Read more
Pfizer has halted clinical trials on a new osteoarthritis medication called tanezumab after the condition of some patients given the drug worsened so severely they required joint surgery. Read more
What's New in Pediatric Orthopaedics
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)
The end result of residual acetabular dysplasia is the development of osteoarthritis. Fujii et al. 9 reported that, when intra-articular pathology was ...
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A new study published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery has found that a compression device is as effective--and safer--for preventing blood clots than medication after hip replacement surgery. Read more
Tubular Discectomy Resulted in Greater Leg and Back Pain and a Lower Rate of ...
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)
Secondary outcomes were scores on the 100-mm visual analogue scale (VAS) for leg and back pain (with higher scores indicating worse pain), self-reported ...
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Complications for Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups After Total Hip and Knee ...
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)
Background Total hip and knee replacement reduces disability associated with lower extremity osteoarthritis. It has been shown that racial and ethnic ...
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Cartilage Lesions and the Development of Osteoarthritis After Internal ...
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)
An association was also found between the development of clinical signs of osteoarthritis and a deep lesion (>50% of the cartilage thickness) on the ...
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Assessment of the Radii of the Medial and Lateral Femoral Condyles in Varus ...
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... rotational alignment protocol in a consecutive series of subjects with end-stage osteoarthritis prior to total knee arthroplasty. ...
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