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Search results for: total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery Outcomes Linked with Education Level

Lisa Rapaport  |  December 7, 2017

(Reuters Health)—Patients who live in low-income communities and lack a college education may have worse pain after knee replacement surgery than their more educated neighbors, a recent study suggests. Two years after total knee replacement surgeries, patients in poor communities who hadn’t gone to college had average pain scores that were about 10 points worse…

Filed under:Conditions Tagged with:Dr. Susan M. Goodmanknee replacement surgerylow-income communitiespoor communities

Time to Rethink Inpatient Rehab After Knee Replacement?

Megan Brooks  |  March 14, 2017

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Inpatient rehabilitation did not lead to better mobility following total knee replacement compared with a home-based program in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in Australia. The findings do not support inpatient rehabilitation for adults undergoing uncomplicated total knee arthroplasty, conclude the authors in JAMA on March 14.1 “Normally, one study is…

Filed under:ConditionsOsteoarthritis and Bone Disorders Tagged with:kneeknee arthroplastyrehabilitationtotal knee replacement

Total Joint Arthroplasty Outcome Measures Toolkit Helps Rheumatologists’ Post-Surgical Assessments

Dolores Langford, Lauren Lozinsky & Alison Hoens  |  September 8, 2016

Amir Atwal* is a 76-year-old man who had a knee arthroplasty six weeks ago: He wonders how he is doing in comparison to other individuals of his age at the same stage of recovery. Will you be able to provide him with an answer? If you are looking for a one-stop shop to help you…

Filed under:Practice Support Tagged with:functionoutcomepost-surgeryrheumatologistrheumatologytoolkittotal joint arthroplasty

Exercise Therapy Recommended to Manage Knee Osteoarthritis

Allyn Bove, PT, DPT, & G. Kelley Fitzgerald, PT, PhD, FAPTA  |  July 12, 2016

The benefits of exercise therapy for individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA) are well known. The ACR strongly recommends both aquatic exercise and land-based aerobic and resistance exercise for managing knee OA.1 A recent Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis concluded that high-quality evidence supports the use of exercise to reduce pain and improve physical function and…

Filed under:ConditionsOsteoarthritis and Bone Disorders Tagged with:ExerciseManagementOsteoarthritisPainpatient carerheumatologyTreatment

Study Associates Higher Risks with Total Joint Arthroplasty among Patients with Hepatitis C

Catherine Kolonko  |  May 13, 2016

A study that looked at the impact of hepatitis C on short-term outcomes of total joint arthroplasty found an increase in co-morbidity compared with patients without the liver disease. The number of people in need of total joint arthroplasty is expected to rise in conjunction with an aging population and advances in hepatitis C treatments….

Filed under:Clinical Criteria/GuidelinesConditions Tagged with:hepatitis COutcomespatient carerisktotal join arthroplasty

Knee Replacement Offers Cardiovascular Benefits for Patients with Arthritis

Mary Beth Nierengarten  |  September 1, 2014

Knee arthroplasty may help prevent cardiovascular disease in patients with osteoarthritis; same-day bilateral surgery safe for select patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Filed under:ConditionsOsteoarthritis and Bone DisordersResearch RheumRheumatoid Arthritis Tagged with:cardiovascularkneeNierengartenOsteoarthritispatient careResearchRheumatoid arthritisrheumatologist

One-Third of Total Knee Replacements May Be Inappropriate

Richard Quinn  |  August 15, 2014

Rheumatologists advised to use standardized measures of self-reported pain, functional status to determine which patients should have surgery

Filed under:ConditionsOsteoarthritis and Bone DisordersResearch Rheum Tagged with:arthroplastyknee replacementQuinn

Improved Survival Odds Following Hip & Knee Replacements

Richard Quinn  |  May 8, 2014

Decreases in mortality rates following elective hip and knee replacement surgeries since 2004 may be partly due to modern surgical techniques and better pre- and post-op care.

Filed under:ConditionsOsteoarthritis and Bone DisordersResearch Rheum Tagged with:arthroplastyhip replacementknee replacementmortality ratessurgerysurvival

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Physicians Search for Ways to Improve Clinical Outcomes for Total Knee Replacements (TKR)

Staff  |  March 1, 2013

Widely variable results for people post-TKR procedures have prompted doctors to develop a standardized approach to rehabilitation care

Filed under:Meeting Reports Tagged with:ACR/ARHP Annual MeetingClinicalpatient outcometotal knee replacement

His and Hers Knees

Kurt Ullman  |  September 1, 2008

Do gender-specific knee implants offer clinical benefits for women?

Filed under:Conditions Tagged with:FDAGenderknee arthroplasty

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