News tagged with knee joint replacement
Radiation boost for artificial joints
A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years, according to researchers in China writing in the current issue of the International Journal of Biomedical En ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Study reveals personal motivation influences healing following knee surgery
Personal motivation may be the biggest factor in determining the length of time it takes for a patient to return to work following a total knee replacement, according to new research published in the Journal of Bone and Jo ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Biological joints could replace artificial joints soon
Artificial joint replacements can drastically change a patient's quality of life. Painful, arthritic knees, shoulders and hips can be replaced with state-of-the-art metal or ceramic implants, eliminating pain and giving a ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Infected prosthetic knees cause problems
The number of people that undergo an operation to have a prosthetic knee joint is increasing. One reason is that the population is getting older, another is that people are also getting heavier, which is a factor in the development ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Gender bender: Do gender knee implants provide better outcomes?
A gender-specific total knee prosthesis was developed to more closely match the anatomy of the female knee, aiming to be a better fit resulting in better outcomes for women. However, a recent study in the Journal of Bone an ...
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Aug 18, 2010 |
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Patient and doctor expectations from joint replacement surgeries not always aligned
While physicians strive to set realistic expectations for patients undergoing knee and hip joint replacements, a new study reveals that doctor and patient expectations are sometimes not aligned. The study, reported by Hospital ...
Mar 10, 2010 |
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New study finds low mortality risk following knee and hip replacement
Total hip and total knee replacement surgeries are highly successful and very common procedures for people experiencing pain associated with degenerative joints. With a new hip or knee, and postoperative care prescribed ...
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Growing Cartilage from Stem Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged knee joints might one day be repaired with cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory, based on research by Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou, chair of the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering ...
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Oct 20, 2009 |
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Protein level may serve as predictor of severe osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common joint disorder throughout the world and a leading cause of disability, is characterized by pain, impaired joint mobility, reduction of muscular strength and loss of joint function. Unlike ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 30, 2009 |
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New clues to healing arthritis caused by traumatic injury
A strain of laboratory mice that has "superhealing" powers has been found to resist inflammation after a knee injury, and also to avoid developing arthritis at the injury site in the long term, according to researchers at ...
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Feb 22, 2009 |
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