People With Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Face Doubled Risk for Fracture
Findings seen for first fracture at the humerus, wrist, hip, or pelvis
Serum Biomarkers Predict Knee OA Before Radiographic Abnormalities
Six serum peptides reached AUC probability of 77 percent for identifying those who developed OA eight years later
Self-Administered Acupressure Reduces Knee Pain With Suspected Osteoarthritis
Findings show efficacy and cost-effectiveness among adults aged 50 years and older following training session
Knee Osteoarthritis Symptoms Common After ACL Reconstruction
Young patients experienced persistent knee OA symptoms in the six to 12 months following surgery
Antihypertensive Meds Initiation Linked to Fractures in Nursing Home Seniors
Antihypertensive medication initiation also linked to higher risk for severe falls requiring hospitalization, ED visits
Arthroscopic Surgery for Arthritis Does Not Impact Incidence of Total Knee Arthroplasty
Nonoperative management with or without arthroscopic surgery does not delay or hasten total knee arthroplasty
Women Less Likely to Experience Musculotendinous Injury Than Men
Risk even lower among women using oral contraceptives
Physician Empathy Inversely Linked to Patients’ Back Pain Intensity, HRQOL
For chronic low back pain patients, lower mean pain intensity and fewer HRQOL deficits seen for those with very empathetic physicians
Preop Intranasal Povidone-Iodine Reduces Rate of Surgical Site Infection
Deep surgical site infection rate decreased postintervention in patients undergoing arthroplasty and spine surgery
AI Tools Help Predict Complications Following Lower-Extremity Fracture
XGBoost identified as optimal model, achieving average test AUC of 0.90 before synthetic minority oversampling technique
