Rehabilitation News

PHILADELPHIA — Physicians from Rothman Institute and Franklin BioScience co-hosted a series of educational events to broaden awareness of Pennsylvania’s medical cannabis program among health care providers, academia, elected officials, community leaders and patients. The groups also provided an opportunity for health care professionals to learn about qualifying conditions, medical research, state-certification requirements and continuing medical education.

The Central Sensitization Inventory may be useful as a screen and treatment outcome measure for patients who attend an interdisciplinary function restoration program for chronic spinal pain disorder, according to a recently published study.

Editor’s Note: For several years, Living in Digital Time has organized and held a Digital Health Summit in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show — CES — to address what is becoming a rapidly growing sector within health care. The Digital Health Summit is the intersection of key opinion leaders, disciplines and technology. After the meeting, Healio.com/Orthopedics interviewed orthopedist Aenor Sawyer, MD, who moderated the Big Changes Ahead: Hospital, Pharma and Physicians session at this year’s Summit. Sawyer, who is Director, University California, San Francisco (UCSF), Skeletal Health Service and leads Health Innovation & Technology in Orthopaedics, discussed her views on the meeting, how technology can advance medicine, and digital health innovations that will impact patients and health care personnel.

Knee stiffness following total knee arthroplasty is a rare complication, which is multifactorial and can be prevented with techniques that help optimize knee range of motion, according to a presenter.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Using more physical medicine and rehabilitation services and tapping into those services earlier in the care delivery process resulted in $1.4 million in savings and added to the quality of care for one hospital system. A presenter at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Orthopedic Value-Based Care indicated similar value can be added to orthopedic-based care by enlisting the services of a physical medicine and rehabilitation team.

Recently published results showed use of a preoperative physical therapy session protocol with a supplemental microsite effectively reduced the number of postoperative physical therapy visits and time for readiness to discharge from physical therapy among patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty.

KOLOA, Hawaii – The efficacy of rehabilitation following sports injuries varies and the literature shows that it is more effective for some conditions than others, said a presenter at Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2018, here.

In reviewing postoperative physical therapy protocols following hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement provided by surgeons online, investigators found a considerable variability in postoperative restrictions, rehabilitation activities and time points for activities.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rapid rehabilitation may be possible by appropriately managing fluids, pain and nausea in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty, according to a presenter here.

EFORT conducted the following interview with Prof. Dr. Christian Simanski, chief of the department of orthopaedic trauma, hand and foot surgery at St. Martinus Hospital in Langenfeld, Germany. Prior to his role at St. Martinus, Simanski was the senior registrar for orthopaedic and trauma surgery in the department of trauma and orthopaedic surgery at the University of Witten – Herdecke.