Rehabilitation News

SAN DIEGO — Continuous passive motion after arthroscopic elbow contracture release may provide faster and better rehabilitation compared with physical therapy, according to results presented here.

Han Jo Kim, MD, FAAOS, is a spine surgeon specializing in cervical spine and scoliosis surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

Compared with local exercise therapy, hands-on spinal manipulation therapy is more effective in improving knee pain and function in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome, according to published results.

Patients who had their opioids tapered after receiving stable, long-term, higher-dose opioid therapy were at a significantly increased risk for overdose and mental health crisis than those who did not have reduced doses, data showed.

During the past 2 decades, research has shown multiple factors have led to an increase in elbow injuries and surgeries among youth, collegiate and professional overhead-throwing athletes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When patients were administered three common treatments for calcific shoulder tendonitis, study results showed they could avoid surgery 44% of the time.

Medtronic plc has announced FDA approval of the Vanta neurostimulator, an implantable spinal cord stimulation device with up to 11 years of recharge-free battery life, according to a press release.

Use of peripheral nerve stimulation may reduce pain scores and opioid consumption after lower limb amputation, according to results presented at the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Annual Meeting.

Patients who received automated text messages that encouraged exercise adherence reported improvements in their knee osteoarthritis pain at 24 weeks, according to results from randomized clinical trial.

Pain in obese individuals with osteoarthritis is caused by biomechanical and inflammatory processes and may involve depression, according to a speaker at the 2021 OARSI World Congress.