Osteoarthritis
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Knee replacement delayed by hyaluronic acid injections
Major finding: Patients with knee osteoarthritis who eventually underwent total knee replacement had their surgery delayed by a median 233 days if...
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Knee osteoarthritis often overlooked in the obese
Major finding: Significant knee pain in a group of obese patients scheduled for bariatric surgery had previously been evaluated by the patients’...
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Regular exercise added to days of perfect health in OA patients
Major finding: Over the course of 2 years, people with, or at risk for, osteoarthritis who met the HHS exercise guidelines for adults had quality-...
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Orthopaedic surgeons’ ‘Choosing Wisely’ list centers on osteoarthritis treatments
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Meta-analysis: Lateral wedges don’t reduce medial knee OA pain
Major finding: Lateral wedges vs.
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Staying positive, healthy may keep long-term OA pain in CHECK
Major finding: The poorer-outcome groups were significantly more likely to worry about their condition than was the good-outcome group (moderate...
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Recognizing and treating inflammatory subtype of osteoarthritis
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Hand OA linked to increased heart disease risk
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DVDs buoy knee osteoarthritis exercise, until the novelty fades
Major finding: At 12 and 24 months, there was no significant difference in exercise adherence between those with home exercise videos and those...
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Data mixed on role of exercise in older, obese, osteoarthritic patients
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Osteoarthritis patients survive longer after hip resurfacing than replacement
Major finding: The number needed to treat with hip resurfacing to prevent 1 excess death was 29 when compared to cemented total hip replacement,...