“Before a patient is a candidate for a hip or knee replacement, they may be advised by their orthopedic surgeon tolose some weightto help in recovery and rehabilitation,” he says. “It’s math. The more you weigh, the more strain on your joints with every step.” ...
anyway) will help you lift better, get bigger, or run faster. Conversely, even if ultra-upright high bar squats look pretty to you, you probably shouldn’t go out of your way to become a knee-dominant athlete for its own sake.
We compared pain, function, complications, and length of hospital stay in diabetic and nondiabetic patients receiving primary total hip (THR) or knee replacement (TKR) and compared these outcomes in patients with poorly controlled versus well-controlled diabetes. Patients and methods— We conducted ...
Collins M, Lavigne M, Girard J, Vendittoli PA. Joint perception after hip or knee replacement surgery. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2012; 98(3): 275-80. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.otsr.2011.08.021] [PMID: 22459101]Collins M, Lavigne M, Girard J, Vendittoli P-A. Joint perception ...
On average, in most of the quality of life dimensions the patients attained a similar quality of life as the comparable general population and only 4.7% of hip and 9.7% of knee patients had a worse HRQOL score at all three post-operative measurements than at baseline. Naturally, those with...
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Patients who take prescription opioids for more than 60 days before total knee or hip replacement surgery are at significantly higher risk of being readmitted to the hospital and of undergoing repeat joint-replacement surgery, compared to patients with no preoperative opioid use, reports a study in...
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“My wife had a right knee replacement utilizing Exactech prosthetics approximately nine years ago. All went well until the last two years when she began having trouble. About the time that the knee pain was getting worse, we were notified by Exactech about the recall due to the improperly ...
3. The first sign of knee OA is often pain and stiffness.Just like hip trouble, it usually aches more in the morning. You may find that your knee locks or buckles when you walk. Eventually, it starts to hurt and you may have trouble flexing the joint. You may feel worse when you ...