As more of the world population continues to live into old age, falls are becoming a global health challenge and their prevention paramount. Malaysian researchers developed a clustering algorithm to sort 1400 patients (age 55+) into low, intermediate A, intermediate B, and high risk groups which corresponded with…
Lower Extremity Review
Impact of Corticosteroid Injections in Knee OA
Extended-release corticosteroid injections demonstrated short-term improvements in gait biomechanics, quadricep strength, and physical function for up to 8 weeks. However, non-responders demonstrated gait biomechanics associated with osteoarthritis progression prior to the corticosteroid injection, suggesting that…
Triceps Surae Muscle Stiffness Contributes To Passive Ankle Joint Stiffness
Researchers from Waseda University and Shibaura Institute of Technology, both in Saitma, Japan, sought to investigate the association between the triceps surae muscle and passive ankle joint stiffness. The results revealed that the muscle shear modulus of the entire triceps surae influences the…
Does Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia = Knee OA?
Several studies suggest that urate may contribute to osteoarthritis (OA) risk. So researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine tested the associations between hyperuricemia and knee OA, and examined the role of obesity, using a cross-sectional, nationally representative dataset.
County Policy Limiting Fireworks Access Reduces Injury
Researchers from Hawaii sought to examine trends in fireworks-related injuries (FRI) before and after enactment of an ordinance to limit access in the City and County of Honolulu (the island of Oahu). Methods: Surveillance of FRI treated in all emergency departments in the state, for…
Physical Exercise Program Improves Physical Capacity in Older Adults
Physiotherapy researchers from Colombia found that a community-level supervised program of physical activity had significant positive outcomes on the physical capacities of older adults including strength, flexibility, balance, and aerobic capacity.
Endocannabinoid System & Skeletal Muscle
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, investigated the regulation of the endocannabinoid system using several exercise paradigms in human skeletal muscle. They also compared endocannabinoid regulation in healthy and…
An Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Consensus Statement: Preventing Osteoarthritis After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
After an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, people need secondary prevention strategies to identify osteoarthritis at its earliest stages so that interventions can be implemented to halt or slow the progression toward its long-term burden. The Osteoarthritis Action Alliance formed an interdisciplinary Secondary Prevention Task Group to develop a consensus on…
COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Behaviors of People with Disabilities
Using a web-based global survey, an international team of researchers found that COVID-19 had an outsized impact on healthy behaviors in people with disabilities, compared with people without disabilities. The overall impact of COVID-19 pandemic among the 2689 responses with full data available for analysis was reported as…
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