The jury is still out on the effectiveness of prevention programs for knee injuries in young athletes, according to a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Better designed research studies are needed before it can be determined that ACL and knee injuries can be prevented with specialized training programs, [...] Read more »

Ellipse Technologies, Inc. (“Ellipse”) announced it had completed the initial clinical study enrollment for its MAGECTM (MAGnetic Expansion Control) Technology in “At Risk Early Onset Scoliosis Patients.” This study has enrolled a total of 25 patients in six hospital centers located in three countries… Read The Full Article…Ellipse Technologies Completes Enrollment For The Initial Trial [...] Read more »

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on “The Treatment of Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis.” This major joint in the shoulder – the ball and socket joint – is sometimes affected by osteoarthritis, causing pain, loss of function, and reduced quality of life… Read The Full Article…Shoulder [...] Read more »

When it comes to shoes, some women will go through hell for a pair of Jimmy Choos. But what effect does wearing high heels have on our bodies? Clinicians have known for a long time that if you hold a limb in a shortened position over an extended period, the muscles shorten… Read The Full [...] Read more »

SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (OTCBB: SNWV), an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of non-invasive, biological response activating devices in the regenerative medicine area, reports the European launch of the orthoPACE™ device intended for use in orthopedic, trauma and sports medicine indications following CE mark approval last month… Read The Full Article…SANUWAVE [...] Read more »

Athletes who undergo arthroscopic surgery for a mechanical disorder of the hip have a good chance of being able to return to their sport at a high level of competition, according to a study that will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, held July 15-18 in Providence, [...] Read more »

The key findings of the article published in April 2010 in the scientific journal Archives of Osteoporosis, include: In Argentina, bone mineral density studies reveal that one out of three women aged 50 or over suffers from osteoporosis. The prevalence of vertebral fractures in Argentinean women aged 50 or older is 16%. [...] Read more »

Black tea, a Southern staple and the world’s most consumed beverage, may contain higher concentrations of fluoride than previously thought, which could pose problems for the heaviest tea drinkers, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. “The additional fluoride from drinking two to four cups of tea a day won’t harm anyone; it’s the very heavy [...] Read more »

Leading healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) announced the publication of Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, a new, four-volume reference that provides start-to-finish guidance for virtually every contemporary orthopaedic surgery technique… Read The Full Article…Leading Orthopaedists Share Groundbreaking Surgical Techniques In New, Four-Volume Reference Read more »

New and updated guidelines on recommended vitamin D intake have been published this week in the online issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). Dr. David Hanley, professor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, and member of Osteoporosis Canada’s (OC) Scientific Advisory Council, is the lead author of the paper on behalf [...] Read more »