Publisher’s Note: The 2014 Boston Marathon – An Amazing Day for Positive Outcomes
The 2013 Boston Marathon was stolen from the athletes and the city by two terrorist bombs, which led to four …
JBJS Webinar: Experts Call for Better Outcome Measures in ACL Studies
Changes in and current “best practices” for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction were the subject of a recent JBJS webinar …
Editor’s Choice – May 5, 2014
The article “Declining Rates of Osteoporosis Management Following Fragility Fractures in the U.S., 2000 through 2009” by Balasubramanian, …
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 …
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 …
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 …