Rehabilitation News

SAN DIEGO — The length of time an elderly patient has to wait from arrival in the emergency room to the start of surgery to treat a hip fracture is a risk factor for postoperative complications, according to a poster presentation, here at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

A study conducted at the University of Louisville showed that elderly patients gained substantial pre- and post-operative function when they performed increased intensity exercises before undergoing total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis.

by Douglas W. Jackson, MD

ORLANDO, Fla. — Based on Scoliosis Research Society criteria, few adolescent patients with idiopathic scoliosis had their curves progress with bracing, based on a study by investigators at the ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute) in Milan.

Increasing costs of instrumentation does not correlate with cosmetic outcome in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, according to a recent study of individuals with Lenke type 1A and B curves.

According to a congressional research service report, there were 1,621 amputations performed due to Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and unaffiliated conflicts.

A few years back, an athletic woman was referred to me because of symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) in both hips and central groin pain from refractory osteitis pubis that began during her first pregnancy. She underwent an endoscopic pubic symphysectomy/curettage as part of a comprehensive single-stage minimally invasive surgery that also included bilateral arthroscopic surgeries for FAI (ORTHOSuperSite search: 61013). Since then, I’ve been hearing more about athletic pubalgia and, no doubt because of increasing awareness, I’m seeing this condition in my practice with commensurately increasing frequency. Often this is in patients with FAI.

Telerehabilitation – a postoperative rehabilitation program that can be conducted from a patient’s home – can offer the same results as traditional postoperative rehabilitation, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Training and ergonomic advice are more effective than anti-inflammatory drugs and cortisone injections in treating tennis elbow, according to a thesis presented at the University of Gothenburg.

A 6-month exercise training program that improves fitness, leg strength and leg flexibility may aid patients with post-thrombotic syndrome, according to the results of a pilot trial conducted by Canadian investigators.