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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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Prehabilitation Reduces Need for Postop Care After Hip, Knee Replacement
A recent study revealed that prehabilitation, or physical therapy, performed before joint replacement surgery can diminish the need for postoperative care by nearly 30%.
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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Chat with Clara While Going Through a Knee Replacement
MyComfortMD releases Clara, a text-based digital coach chatbot for patients scheduled to go through a total knee replacement surgery.
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Has Bundled Payments Led to ‘Cherry-Picking’ of Healthier Patients for Joint Replacements?
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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Whitepaper Comments on Shift to Outpatient Total Joint Replacement
Chartis Group has released a whitepaper, “Orthopedic Care Delivery Transformation: Is Your Health System Prepared?” that provides health system leaders with a framework for retooling historic strategies for orthopedic services in light of the shift of total joint replacements to the outpatient setting.
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Kessler Foundation Receives Grant to Study Meniscal Tears Treatment
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
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Racial Variation Apparent in Postoperative Care Following Knee Replacement Surgery
African Americans were significantly more likely than white patients to be discharged to an inpatient rehabilitation or skilled nursing facility rather than home care after undergoing a knee replacement procedure. Those under 65 were more also likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 90 days of the procedure, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.
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NUsurface Meniscus Implant Receives Breakthrough Device Designation
The NUsurface Meniscus Implant has been granted a Breakthrough Device Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration, Active Implants LLC, announces.
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Computational Models Offer Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Prediction
Researchers have developed a method to predict post-traumatic osteoarthritis in patients with ligament ruptures using a simplified computational model.
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Surgeons Not Good at Predicting Benefit from Knee Operations
Surgeons are no better at determining which patients might benefit from operations to treat torn knee cartilage than if they just flipped a coin, a new study suggests.
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AdventHealth Wesley Chapel Receives ‘High Performing’ Rating for Hip and Knee
U.S. News and World Report has recognized AdventHealth Wesley Chapel, a hospital in AdventHealth’s West Florida Division, as a High Performing Hospital for 2019-20.
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Healthy Gut = Successful Joint Replacement, Per Mice Study
Having healthy gut flora – the trillions of bacteria housed in our intestines – could lower the risk of infection following knee and hip replacement surgeries, while an unhealthy intestinal flora may increase the risk of infection, a recent study suggests.
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Athletic Excellence Goes High-Tech
Technology-based sports rehab treatments help athletes perform better and reduce injuries. A feature for the June/July 2019 issue of Physical Therapy Products by Robert Aranbayev, DPT, and Lev Kalika, DC.
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Get Moving: Therapeutic Exercise is a Prescription for Health
Therapeutic exercise and the importance of specific dosage recommendations. A feature for the June/July 2019 issue of Physical Therapy Products by Polly Swingle, PT, GCS, CEEAA.
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Ivy Rehab Partners with Progress Physical Therapy
Ivy Rehab announces that Progress Physical Therapy (Progress), which operates 13 clinics in the Philadelphia area, has joined its network of physical and occupational therapy practices.
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