Operation Walk Gives People in Need Free Hip and Knee Replacements
This week (December 1-6, 2014), 120 people in 23 states are scheduled to receive a hip or knee replacement free …
JBJS Webinar Now On-Demand – Return to Sports after ACL Reconstruction
“When will I be able to play again?” Following ACL reconstruction surgery, that’s a question physical therapists and orthopaedic surgeons …
JBJS Reviews Ranks #1 with Mobile Devices
Kantar Media’s recent Mobile Device Usage Study evaluated 17 mobile apps. The study asked, orthopaedists which apps they used in …
Early Results from Alternative Medical-Liability Reforms
According to data published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2011, nearly 15 percent of orthopaedic surgeons are …
Does “Prehab” Lower Episode-of-Care Costs in TJA?
Many orthopaedic surgeons still believe that physical therapy (PT) services simply add to the total cost of care without improving …
Publisher’s Note: Engagement and Impact: We Seek Both
The Impact Factor uses a simple calculation – number of citations to scholarly articles published in a two-year period divided …
JBJS Print Readership Steady, Online Access Up
According to a recent JBJS readership study among more than 1,000 orthopaedic surgeons, print readership of JBJS remained fairly consistent …
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 …
From the AAP: Help Discerning Abuse-Related Pediatric Fractures
Unintentional fractures in kids are much more common than fractures caused by child abuse, but orthopaedists should remain on the …