Investigating the Relationship Between Physical Activity Disparities and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Black People With Knee Osteoarthritis
(Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease)
Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - July 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Predictors of Acupuncture Effect in Patients With Chronic Pain Predictors of Acupuncture Effect in Patients With Chronic Pain
This study aimed to identify psychological and neuroimaging metrics collected before acupuncture treatment that might determine acupuncture efficacy in knee osteoarthritis.Pain (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
What We Get Wrong About Drugs Like Ozempic
Imagine a new medication was developed that not only provided meaningful improvement for the debilitating chronic condition it’s prescribed, but also helps to treat and prevent a myriad of other serious diseases. Imagine this same drug markedly improved a person’s quality of life with noted reductions in pain and improvements in mobility along with increases in confidence and mood. Now imagine that the media and medical coverage of its release are almost uniformly negative or sensationalistic.
This is precisely what has happened with the new generation of anti-obesity medications, that began with Wegovy/Ozempi...
Source: TIME: Health - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Yoni Freedhoff Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
ISMRM: MR radiomics interest grows, needs direction
TORONTO - Radiomics has come a long way from theory to clinical aid for MR...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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MRI radiomics heralds a paradigm shift in brain imaging (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 3, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Shock absorber for the knee wins FDA OK for East Bay's Moximed. Here's how it's scaling the commercial hurdle
The device was cleared by the FDA in April, but the company is taking a long strategy toward educating surgeons how to use it for the right osteoarthritis patients. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 2, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Benefits Found for Hand OA Drug Treatments
(MedPage Today) -- MILAN -- Disease-modifying drugs may have a role in treating osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand after all, results from two separate studies reported here indicated.
Patients with radiologically confirmed hand OA obtained significantly... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 31, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
When Arthritis Strikes, Keep Moving
MONDAY, May 29, 2023 -- Your achy joints may suggest that you take it easy. Don’t listen to them, experts say.
If it hurts when you get up from a chair or climb stairs, you might have osteoarthritis. If so, it’s best to keep... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Increased risk of periodontitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A nationwide register study in Norway
Conclusions:
In this register-based study in which periodontal treatment was
used as a surrogate marker for periodontitis, we found an increased risk
of periodontitis in RA patients, particularly those with active disease
and new RA. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - May 25, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Burden of knee osteoarthritis in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 - Yang G, Wang J, Liu Y, Lu H, He L, Ma C, Zhao Z.
OBJECTIVE: To report the global, regional, and national estimates of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) burden and associated risk factors (high body mass index (BMI)) by age, sex, and sociodemographic index (SDI) for 204 countries from 1990 to 2019. METHOD... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Examination of the increased risk for falls among individuals with knee osteoarthritis: a CLSA population based study - Wilfong JM, Perruccio AV, Badley EM.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the profile of individuals with and without knee osteoarthritis (OA) who fell, and to identify factors contributing to an individual with knee OA experiencing one or multiple injurious falls. METHODS: Data are from the ba... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Generalized and localized osteoarthritis and risk of fall among older adults: the role of chronic diseases and medications using real world data from a single center - Alenazi AM, Alhowimel AS, Alshehri MM, Alqahtani BA, Alhwoaimel NA, Waitman LR, Kluding PM.
This study examined the prevalence of falls among older adults with generalized and localized osteoarthritis (OA) and identified the association between falls and both chronic diseases and medications. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospecti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Consumer Health: Treating arthritis
May is Arthritis Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about a condition that affects nearly 59 million people in the U.S., or approximately 1 in 4 adults. Arthritis is the swelling and tenderness of one or more of your joints. The main symptoms of arthritis are joint pain and stiffness, which typically worsen with age. The two most common types of arthritis — osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis — damage joints in different… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - May 22, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Is balance training using biofeedback effective in the prophylaxis of falls in women over the age of 65? - Sadura-Sieklucka T, Czerwosz LT, K ądalska E, Kożuchowski M, Księżopolska-Orłowska K, Targowski T.
The paper aims to investigate the usefulness of training in improving mobility and reducing the risk of falls of patients with osteoarthritis by using a force plate and virtual reality as rehabilitation tools. The study involved 72 women randomly divided i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
HSS, Arthritis Foundation Spotlight Neglected Hip OA Research HSS, Arthritis Foundation Spotlight Neglected Hip OA Research
Convenors of a recent hip osteoarthritis (OA) conference discuss current state-of-the-art practices in hip OA and identify clinical research gaps to advance clinical understanding and treatment.Hospital for Special Surgery (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology Commentary Source Type: news
Lower patellofemoral joint contact force during side-step cutting after return-to-sports clearance anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - San Jose AJ, Maniar N, Whiteley R, Opar DA, Timmins RG, Kotsifaki R.
BACKGROUND: Low patellofemoral joint (PFJ) contact force has been associated with PFJ osteoarthritis. Quadriceps force and knee flexion angles, which are typically altered after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), primarily influence PFJ c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
