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Fitness buffs make cycling trek across Iowa
BELLEAIR – Weekend cyclists likely do 40 or 50 miles on a Saturday or Sunday or perhaps even on both […]
How Top Doctors Can Stay in Shape & Injury Free
Nishin Tambay, M.D. knows a thing or two about preventing painful injuries.
OAWF Summer E-Newsletter
Summertime means the kids are out of school, and we are all spening a lot more time outdoors. Seasonally, summer […]
Multiple risk factors, BMD associated with hip fracture in older men
Older men with an increasing number of specific risk factors combined with decreased bone mineral density at the femoral neck […]
Better fix for torn ACLs
Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have developed a model to show that a newer surgical technique […]
Patients with longer vertebral augmentation procedures have poorer postoperative quality of life, study finds
Among pain-related and depression-related quality of life measures, longer operative time, younger age and increased time from fracture to surgery […]
Patients showed improved pain, functional outcome after total ankle replacement
Since its launch in 2014, a low-profile fixed-bearing prosthesis that is implanted under fluoroscopic guidance has produced positive outcome data. […]
Threaded pin likely offers reliable fixation for articular distal radius fractures
Use of a threaded pin in the treatment of extra-articular and simple articular distal radius fractures offered reliable fracture fixation, […]
Comparable results seen with high- vs low-intensity plyometric exercise after ACL reconstruction
Results from this randomized controlled trial showed both low- and high-intensity plyometric exercise for rehabilitation following ACL reconstruction positively affected […]
Platelet-rich plasma injections may lead to improvements in tissue healing
Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant and A-Rod have all used it, but does platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP) really work for the […]