Ladder Recall Follows Reports of Falls, Head Injuries and Broken Bones
Toe Transfers Outperform Digit Replantation
Findings challenge current global approaches to digital amputation, authors say
Personalized Gait Retraining Beneficial for Medial Compartment Knee OA
Personalized foot angle modifications improve pain, reduce knee loading, and may slow progression of osteoarthritis
Very Low-Calorie Diet Plus Exercise Does Not Reduce Hip Pain in OA
No reduction seen in hip pain, but improvement seen in most secondary outcomes among adults with hip osteoarthritis and overweight, obesity
Cognitive Functional Therapy Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain at Three Years
Cognitive functional therapy, with or without biofeedback, more effective than usual care for chronic disabling low back pain
Preemies’ Early-Life Medical Risk Tied to Worse Health at Age 35
Later-in-life challenges include increased occurrence of mental health disorders, cardiometabolic issues
Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy Beneficial in Knee OA
Addition of medial opening wedge HTO to nonsurgical management reduces loss of articular cartilage
Stopping Menopausal Hormone Therapy May Temporarily Increase Fracture Risk
Fracture risk then decreases to levels similar to and then lower than women who have never used menopausal hormone therapy
Perioperative Counseling Reduces Opioid Use After ACL Reconstruction Surgery
Authors say patients should be counseled to take opioids as a 'last resort' to manage pain, not to 'stay ahead of the pain'
Subclinical Synovitis Risk Higher in Psoriasis Without Musculoskeletal Involvement
Authors say imaging may aid in identifying individuals at risk for progression to psoriatic arthritis
