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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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Running May Help Protect Against Knee OA, Researchers Say
Recent research findings indicate that running as a habitual exercise at any stage in life does not increase the risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA), and may in fact help protect against development of the disease.
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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Following Joint Replacement, RA Patients Risk Infection But Not VTE
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had an increased risk of nonsurgical site infection but a lower risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) following joint replacement surgery, a nationwide Danish study found.
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Knee Cartilage Clinical Trials Should Be More Inclusive, Penn Researchers Suggest
Some of the most common traits among patients with cartilage issues in the knee are excluding them from participating in clinical trials because the trial outcomes might not yield the optimum results for new methods of cartilage regeneration, suggest Penn Medicine researchers, in a study published in Regenerative Medicine.
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Synovasure Test Kit to Detect Joint Infection Receives FDA Approval
CD Diagnostics Inc has received FDA authorization to market the Synovasure Lateral Flow Test Kit, designed to help detrect periprosthetic joint infection in the synovial fluid of patients being evaluated for failed implant revision surgery.
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Artificial Intelligence May Help Predict Joint Surgery Outcomes, Per HSS Study
Artificial intelligence may help orthopedic surgeons better predict which patients will do well after joint replacement procedures and which are less likely to experience benefits, a recent study from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) suggests.
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For Poor People, Joint Surgery Could Literally Cost a Leg
Low-income patients could be at increased risk for above-knee amputation (AKA), a rare but severe complication of deep infection after knee replacement surgery, suggests a study published recently in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.
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Patellofemoral Grind Suggests Worsening Knee OA
Physical exam findings of patellofemoral grind may help predict which patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) are likely to experience significant worsening of their disease, according to analysis of data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative and published in Arthritis Care & Research.
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Researchers ID Joint Replacement Revision Risk Factors
Patients who are under 60 years of age, males, those with chronic pulmonary disease, diabetes, liver disease, and a higher body mass index are at increased risk of having joint replacement revision surgery due to infection, note researchers from the Musculoskeletal Research Unit at the University of Bristol.
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Athlete’s Core: 5 Myths Debunked
Dr William C. Meyers discusses five common myths about the athlete’s core. Truly understanding the core involves breaking down these common myths in order to see it with new eyes, he notes.
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'Wear Debris' Brings Upon Bone Loss and Joint Implant Failure, Study Suggests
Researchers from Rutgers University have discovered the long-sought reason that many people with joint replacements experience harmful inflammation and bone loss.
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‘Wear Debris’ Brings Upon Bone Loss and Joint Implant Failure, Study Suggests
Researchers from Rutgers University have discovered the long-sought reason that many people with joint replacements experience harmful inflammation and bone loss.
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