Knee News

Patellofemoral joint education was notable at the recent ISAKOS Congress in Boston. Much of the education and research was presented by past and present Patellofemoral Foundation board members, award winners and traveling fellows. 

ImageBiopsy Lab has announced FDA clearance of its ImageBiopsy Lab LAMA, an automated radiological image processing software for measurements of the lower limb, according to a release.

Although total knee arthroplasty has been commonly performed with cemented fixation, research has shown an increase in cementless fixation during the years.

The controversy over fixation in the obese patient population undergoing TKA remains unsolved.

Patients treated with levothroxine are more likely to experience a reduction in quadricep muscle mass, which may increase the risk for knee osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis who experience sleep disturbances are more likely to experience catastrophizing and worsened knee pain, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Results published in the Journal of Arthroplasty showed patients with class II and class III obesity do not benefit or harm from preoperative weight loss prior to total knee arthroplasty.

Women were underrepresented as principal investigators in total hip and total knee arthroplasty clinical trials which may lead to disparities in academic promotion and advancement, according to published results.

For patients with subchondral insufficiency fractures of the knee and medial knee osteoarthritis, an implantable shock absorber was associated with avoidance of conversion to total knee arthroplasty at a minimum 2-year follow-up.

Results showed older, Black and female patients have been less likely to undergo outpatient total knee replacement after the removal of TKR from the Medicare inpatient-only list in 2018.