A team of investigators at Boston Children’s Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital received a Military Medical Research and Development Award from the Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program (JWMRP) in 2016 to advance the development of a novel treatment for…
Lower Extremity Review
A Role for Arthroscopy in Managing Ankle Trauma?
Consider the benefit of arthroscopy for addressing intraarticular pathology at the time initial surgical repair of high-grade ankle fracture is performed. Ankle fractures are a common orthopedic injury. Although surgical repair often yields good results, many cases are nonetheless associated with poor clinical outcome after repair.
By Kevin Burke, DPM and Jonathan Hook, DPM
Researchers target prevention of posttraumatic osteoarthritis
Reducing oxidative stress in mitochondria shortly after joint injury may prevent posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA), according to a study published in Science Translational Journal. This discovery is compelling because young, active patients are more likely than older patients to experience these injuries, yet are not…
NIH funds $1.3M post-traumatic OA study
The National Institutes of Health in July awarded a $1.3 million grant to an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis mechanical engineer to evaluate a new method of strengthening damaged cartilage and preventing arthritic progression.
IDEO study calls for military participants with post-trauma foot, ankle weakness
The Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC) on January 2 called for participants for a Department of Defense-funded study examining the benefits of an integrated orthosis and rehabilitation program that incorporates the Intrepid Dynamic Exoskeletal Orthosis (IDEO) and the Return to Run …
Rehab with energy-storing orthosis boosts function after military trauma
An integrated orthotic and rehabilitation program for soldiers with severe lower extremity trauma improves physical function and pain and decreases consideration of late amputation, even when patients begin it more than two years after injury.
Post-traumatic OA: Unique implications for the military
Military populations experience high rates of disability related to post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA), which does not always originate from combat injury. But military researchers are also uniquely positioned to explore therapeutic options to minimize the effect of PTOA.
By Jessica C. Rivera, MD, Joseph C. Wenke, PhD, James R. Ficke, MD, and Anthony E. Johnson, MD
Portable, Wireless TENS/NMES Unit
MANAMED®’s ManaFlexx 2 is a compact medical device that delivers electrical pulses to the user’s skin through the company’s patented wireless technology for 2 distinct uses. The device was originally granted US Food &Drug Administration–clearance for the noninvasive device as an adjunctive treatment in the management of post-surgical and post-traumatic acute pain.
Concussions, More Than Meets the Eye: NATA Study Finds Increasing Risk of Suicide Ideation With Second Concussion
In 2007, one study estimated there were 300,000 sports-related traumatic brain injuries in high school and collegiate athletes. Sports brain injuries and concussions were second only to motor vehicle accidents amongst people aged 15-24.1 Fast forward to a 2018 study using data from the Youth Risk Behaviors Survey where…
By Mark Mendeszoon, DPM
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