Rehabilitation News

DALLAS — An electronic patient rehabilitation application used alone or with home health services led to improved patient reported outcomes 12 weeks after total hip arthroplasty and may mitigate the need for home health services in these patients, according to results presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting.

DePuy Synthes announced it has launched the Maxframe multiaxial correction system, an external fixation device to correct bone or soft tissue deformities in the arm, leg, foot or ankle, according to a company press release.

Game Ready announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for Med4 Elite, an orthopedic rehabilitation device.

In the past 4 years, each of our annual congresses featured a specific main theme that was reflected in our scientific program and was used to guide presenters’ concluding remarks in all planned sessions.

In patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty, both high-intensity and low-intensity rehabilitation protocols appear to be effective in improving strength and function, according to findings.

Investigators found electrotherapy and acupuncture after total knee arthroplasty correlated with a decrease in and later use of opioids.

Click here to read the Cover Story, “Patients who never make it back after ACL injury present opportunities, challenges.”

In a 2015 publication, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine reported 100,000 to 250,000 ACL ruptures occur annually, and most occur during sporting activities, such as basketball, soccer, skiing and football. Despite advances in ACL surgery, some patients never make it back to sport or usual function. This can be due to technical failure with the treatment or other circumstances, sources told Orthopedics Today.

Injuries to the ACL are among the most common and functionally disabling conditions in orthopedics and sports medicine. The incidence in the United States has increased dramatically in the past 20 years. About 200,000 people sustain an ACL injury annually. In 1994, an estimated 86,687 surgeries for these injuries were performed. By 2013, the yearly number of procedures to treat ACL injuries increased by 58% to 148,714. By far, the female high school athlete is the patient demographic that is undergoing the greatest increase in ACL surgeries annually.

Using the available level 1 and 2 data regarding postoperative rehabilitation after lumbar fusion for degenerative disc disease, researchers of this systematic review found the literature generally backs formal therapy after this surgery. Based on their results, investigators created a model protocol for rehabilitation.