News Updates

• Prospective study showed TKA not detrimental to patient participation in sports

  Posted on: 08 August, 2017

  Source: Healio

  Results of a study presented at European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy Congress, here, showed patients who participated in sports before total knee arthroplasty were able to participate in sports postoperatively and in some cases, patients were more active in sports after surgery.

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• Multiple risk factors, BMD associated with hip fracture in older men

  Posted on: 08 August, 2017

  Source: Healio

  Older men with an increasing number of specific risk factures combined with decreased bone mineral density at the femoral neck are at elevated risk for hip fracture, according to study findings.

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• Quadriceps exercise relieves pain in knee osteoarthritis

  Posted on: 08 August, 2017

  Source: Medical Xpress

  A quadriceps isometric contraction exercise method is effective for relieving pain in knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study published online May 25 in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.

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• Improved care and fewer deaths since introduction of NHS hip fracture initiative

  Posted on: 22 March, 2017

  Source: Medical News Today

  Substantial improvements in the care and survival of older people with hip fracture in England have followed the introduction of a collaborative national initiative to tackle the issue, according to a new study published in the Medical Care journal.

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• AGS and ADGAP co-management plan for hip fractures sees geriatrics mending more than bones

  Posted on: 22 March, 2017

  Source: Medical Xpress

  With support from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs (ADGAP) will develop a national dissemination plan for an innovative program to improve care for older adults hospitalized with hip fractures.

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