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Mashup Score: 0Arthroscopic Lateral Retinacular-Lengthening Procedure - 1 hour(s) ago
Anterior knee pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint that is often due to an excessively tight lateral retinaculum, which normally plays a role in patellar tracking and stabilization. Several etiologies underlie lateral soft-tissue tightness in the knee, including lateral patellar compression syndrome, patellofemoral arthritis, patellofemoral instability, and patellofemoral pain syndrome. Stretching the lateral retinaculum through conservative treatment may be helpful, but lateral retinacular lengthening may be indicated.
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Introducing Spondycast, SAA’s new podcast series, that provides the newest and most exciting source of information and inspiration for people with spondyloarthritis. Every week, we bring you in-depth conversations with the leading experts in the field, who will share their knowledge and experience on topics related to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of this complex disease. Whether you are a patient, a caregiver, or just someone who wants to learn more about spondyloarthritis, Spondycast is the
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RF infusion on pain intensity and areas of hyperalgesia and allodynia in healthy volunteers. Nine studies were included. The intervention treatment consisted in RF infusion that was compared with placebo (saline solution). The primary outcome was pain intensity assessment at 30 ± 15 minutes after RF or placebo discontinuation, assessed by any pain scale and using any quantitative sensory testing. Moreover, postwithdrawal pain scores were compared with baseline scores in each treatment. Secondary outcomes included the areas (% of basal values) of hyperalgesia and allodynia. Subjects during RF treatment reported higher pain scores after discontinuation than during treatment with placebo [standardized mean difference (SMD): 0.50, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.03-0.97; P = 0.04, I2 = 71%]. A significant decrease in pain scores, compared with baseline values, was found in the placebo treatment (SMD: −0.87, 95% CI: −1.61 to −0.13; P = 0.02, I2 = 87%), but not in the RF treatment (SMD: −0.2
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ACR Open Rheumatology is the official open access rheumatology journal of the American College of Rheumatology publishing quality articles, reviews & commentaries.
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Survey data were analyzed to determine characteristics of pts w/ psoriatic arthritis currently prescribed ixekizumab Results showed ixekizumab was efficacious in treating PsA in real-world clinical practice, complementing efficacy data from RCTs In ACROR https://t.co/pppH685NN2 https://t.co/GvMZ8K7J7D
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c prescription, including opioids, at 3 and 6 months postsurgery for patients with and without preoperative sarcopenia, and to determine the impact of sarcopenia on analgesic use after neuraxial anesthesia surgery. Methods: Patients undergoing surgery under neuraxial anesthesia were categorized into sarcopenic and nonsarcopenic groups based on preoperative diagnosis using the ICD-10-CM code M62.84. Propensity score matching in a 1:4 ratio was applied for group matching. Analgesic prescription rates were evaluated at 3 and 6 months postsurgery, and multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze analgesic use, comparing patients with and without preoperative sarcopenia. Results: Among 3805 surgical patients, 761 had sarcopenia, while 3044 did not. At 3 months postsurgery, 62.3% of sarcopenic patients received analgesics, with 2.9% receiving opioids, compared to 57.1% of nonsarcopenic patients receiving analgesics and 0.8% receiving opioids. At 6 months postsurgery, 30.8% of sarcop
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Mashup Score: 0Can CT-based gap and step-off displacement predict outcome after nonoperative treatment of acetabular fractures? | Bone & Joint - 6 hour(s) ago
Can CT-based gap and step-off displacement predict outcome after nonoperative treatment of acetabular fractures?
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Mashup Score: 0Patient engagement in designing, conducting, and... : PAIN - 6 hour(s) ago
creasingly evident that to develop research that is both meaningful to people who have the targeted condition and is feasible, there are important benefits of involving patients in the planning, conduct, and dissemination of research from its earliest stages. In fact, research funders and regulatory agencies are now explicitly encouraging, and sometimes requiring, that patients are engaged as partners in research. Although this approach has become commonplace in some fields of clinical research, it remains the exception in clinical pain research. As such, the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials convened a meeting with patient partners and international representatives from academia, patient advocacy groups, government regulatory agencies, research funding organizations, academic journals, and the biopharmaceutical industry to develop consensus recommendations for advancing patient engagement in all stages of clinical pain research in an effective
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Mashup Score: 0Homepage | Lupus Science & Medicine - 6 hour(s) ago
A lupus journal publishing basic, clinical, translational and epidemiological studies on all aspects of lupus and related diseases. An official journal of Lupus Foundation of America.
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Mashup Score: 54The 11+ injury prevention programme decreases rate of hamstring strain injuries in male collegiate soccer players - 7 hour(s) ago
Objectives To investigate if the 11+ injury prevention programme decreases the risk of hamstring injury and improves recovery time and determine whether compliance with the 11+ affects hamstring injury risk. Methods This study is a secondary analysis from a prospective cluster randomised controlled trial that included 65 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) division I and II men’s soccer teams over the fall 2012 season. Thirty-one teams were randomised to the intervention group that were using the 11+ as their warm-up and 35 teams to the control group that continued to use their traditional warm-up. Each certified athletic trainer (ATC) collected data on demographics, hamstring injury (HSI), mechanism of injury, position, playing surface, time lost due to injury and compliance to the 11+ programme. Results The 11+ decreased the risk of HSI by 63% compared with the control group (RR=0.37, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.63). Difference in return to play after HSI between the control (9.4±11
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Mashup Score: 3Systematic literature review to inform the EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in crystal-induced arthropathies in clinical practice - 7 hour(s) ago
Objective To summarise current data regarding the use of imaging in crystal-induced arthropathies (CiAs) informing a European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology task force. Methods We performed four systematic searches in Embase, Medline and Central on imaging for diagnosis, monitoring, prediction of disease severity/treatment response, guiding procedures and patient education in gout, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition (CPPD) and basic calcium phosphate deposition (BCPD). Records were screened, manuscripts reviewed and data of the included studies extracted. The risk of bias was assessed by validated instruments. Results For gout, 88 studies were included. Diagnostic studies reported good to excellent sensitivity and specificity of dual-energy CT (DECT) and ultrasound (US), high specificity and lower sensitivity for conventional radiographs (CR) and CT. Longitudinal studies demonstrated sensitivity to change with regard to crystal deposition by US and DECT and inflammat
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Check out this technique on arthroscopic lateral retinacular-lengthening for treatment of excessively tight lateral retinaculum! #Patellofemoral #KneeArthroscopy https://t.co/TJKUdrsGGi https://t.co/Boms9sCBHu