Orthopedics

• In the Journals

• Changing surgeons improves patient satisfaction, function after primary TJA

• April 29, 2013
• A switch to a different surgeon after total joint arthroplasty for a revision procedure significantly improved patient satisfaction in patients who were...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Patients with knee osteoarthritis show higher knee adduction moment at baseline

• April 23, 2013
• PHILADELPHIA — Patients with moderate knee osteoarthritis who have total knee arthroplasty have major differences in gait patterns at baseline...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Patients with knee osteoarthritis show higher knee adduction moment at baseline

• Orthopedics Today, May 2013
• PHILADELPHIA — Patients with moderate knee osteoarthritis who have total knee arthroplasty have major differences in gait patterns at baseline...More »

• In the Journals

• Muscle strength, physical performance is comparable between patients with bicompartmental, TKA

• April 19, 2013
• Researchers in this study found no significant difference in muscle strength or physical performance between patients who had either bicompartmental knee...More »

• In the Journals

• Acute pain in total joint arthroplasty predicted by patient preoperative psychological factors

• April 19, 2013
• Researchers have found that optimism preoperatively was predictive of acute pain intensity postoperatively, according to results of this study of 124...More »

• In the Journals

• Study finds patient satisfaction is not affected by high flexion TKA

• April 18, 2013
• Researchers in this study found that patient satisfaction is not affected by increased knee flexion.
  “As expected, the high-flex [total knee...More »

• Industry News

• Biomet and OrthoSensor announce co-promotion partnership

• April 15, 2013
• Biomet Inc. and OrthoSensor entered a co-promotion partnership with Biomet’s Vanguard Complete Knee System and OrthoSensor’s Verasense.
  A trial...More »

• CME

• Chronic OA Management: Volume 3, Number 1

• Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, progressive and multifactorial disease characterized by degenerative and inflammatory processes affecting joints and surrounding tissues, resulting in pain and…...More »
• This activity is supported by an educational grant from sanofi-aventis U.S.

• In the Journals

• Researchers identify biomechanical changes in knee, ankle after TKA in OA patients

• April 12, 2013
• Total knee arthroplasty significantly increases peak ankle plantarflexion, peak ankle dorsiflexion movements and ankle power generation in patients with...More »

• Surgeons discuss complications, outcomes, costs associated with obesity

• April 12, 2013
• In a forum prior to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, orthopedic surgeons discussed the impact of increasing health care costs...More »

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