News tagged with knee joints

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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 ...

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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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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Hormone promises to keep joint injuries from causing long-term osteoarthritis

An existing osteoporosis drug is the first ever found to prevent cartilage loss from osteoarthritis following injury to a joint, and may also regenerate some cartilage that has been lost to osteoarthritis, according to an ...

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created Sep 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Female hormone cycle affects knee joints (w/Video)

New research from the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary has found a connection between the laxity of a woman's knee joint and her monthly hormone cycle.

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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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created Feb 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Jellyfish protein helps regrow joint cartilage

Mucin, a protein extracted from Nomura's jellyfish, has proved highly effective in regrowing cartilage in joints, scientists in Japan claim.

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created Feb 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

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 ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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'You kick like a girl': Men and women use different leg and hip muscles during soccer kick

Significant differences in knee alignment and muscle activation exist between men and women while kicking a soccer ball, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Data reveals that m ...

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Sodium MRI gives new insights into detecting osteoarthritis, researchers find

Researchers at New York University have developed an innovative way to look at the development of osteoarthritis in the knee joint—one that relies on the examination of sodium ions in cartilage. Their work, which appears ...

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created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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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created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds high heels may lead to joint degeneration and knee osteoarthritis

While women have been making a fashion statement in high heels for years -- wearing trendy stilettos, wedges, pumps and kitten heels -- there's reason for concern about what those heels may be doing to their ...

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Consulting 'Dr. Google': Study finds much Internet-based sports medicine information is incorrect or incomplete

The quality of online information about the most common sports medicine diagnoses varies widely, according to a study published in the July 2010 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS). Therefore, patients who us ...

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created Jul 02, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Too much physical activity may lead to arthritis

Middle-aged men and women who engage in high levels of physical activity may be unknowingly causing damage to their knees and increasing their risk for osteoarthritis, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting ...

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Depression can worsen knee arthritis symptoms in older adults

Clinical depression can exacerbate the symptoms of knee arthritis beyond what is evident on X-rays, according to a new study from the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS). Patients with mild to moderate knee arthritis are es ...

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created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

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