Neuromuscular Training Reduces ACL Injury Risk in Adolescent Athletes
Research reported at the 2014 AAOS Annual Meeting concluded that universal neuromuscular training for young athletes can be an effective …
Low-Oxygen Treatment Helps People with Incomplete Spinal-Cord Injuries Walk Better
A recent study conducted at Emory University’s Center for Rehabilitation Medicine showed that short periods of breathing low oxygen levels …
Keep It Single: Supervised Exercise with One Focus Helps with Knee OA
In a systematic review of 48 randomized controlled trials, European researchers found that a single type of exercise—either aerobic, resistance, …
AAOS Annual Meeting Roundup
With 840 scientific presentations, 560 posters, and 200 instructional course lectures, even OrthoBuzz couldn’t comprehensively summarize the 2014 AAOS Annual …
Publisher’s Note: The Unseen Costs of Providing Online Information
Providing information online is neither free nor easy, despite the general perception that online information can or should be free.…
App review: MediBabble Helps Bridge Language Barriers
According to TopOrthoApps.com, a medical-app review site, MediBabble does a very good job helping doctors communicate with non-English speaking patients. …
How Many Healthcare Resources Do Orthopaedic Surgeons Use?
With medical costs under constant scrutiny, the Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute Center for Health Policy conducted a study titled “Patterns of …
An ICD-10 Win and SGR Loss for Orthopaedists in Latest Congressional Action
By a vote of 64 to 35, the US Senate approved a one-year “patch” of the current SGR-based Medicare payment …
Portrait of an Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon and Compassionate Caregiver
Dr. David Lhowe, orthopaedic trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, spent time in a makeshift field hospital next to what …