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Category Archives: Mobility
← Older postsMobility Loss in OA Starts Early (MedPage)
https://www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology/arthritis/73935
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Discharge Destination and Disparities in Postoperative Care (JAMA)
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2673740
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Study finds obese patients don’t need to lose weight before total joint replacement (UMass)
https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2017/07/study-finds-obese-patients-dont-need-to-lose-weight-before-total-joint-replacement/
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Movement is Life Caucus Addresses Musculoskeletal Disparities (AAOS Now)
https://www.aaos.org/AAOSNow/2017/Jan/Clinical/clinical03/?ssopc=1
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A walking movement is energizing African American women (WaPo)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-walking-movement-is-energizing-african-american-women/2016/11/18/1029f740-9d54-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html?utm_term=.6b2e38f617a2
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Does Total Knee Arthroplasty Increase Postoperative Physical Activity to Meet AHA Guidelines for Improved Health?
The American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for optimal health recommend 20 minutes of moderate activity (40 strides/minute) four days/week. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has demonstrated improvements in knee pain and function, yet little data is available to correlate these benefits …
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Study Shows Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Hip Fracture Care Put Patients at a Disadvantage
A study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that people in certain racial and socioeconomic groups are at a disadvantage when it comes to care they receive after fracturing a hip. The study, titled, “Racial and Socioeconomic …
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Massachusetts’ RomneyCare Boosted Joint Replacements
Passage in 2006 of the Massachusetts health care reform—known as RomneyCare—led to a 4.7% increase in joint replacement procedures, according to a report by health care researchers. Jessica Bartlett, a reporter for the Boston Business Journal quoted Amresj Hganchate, the …
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Advice for Knee OA: Get Up and Move
Being sedentary worsens physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), an association that remains independent of exercise levels, according to researchers from Northwestern University in Chicago. Read the full article here.
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Studies find exercise is the best medicine for many ills
The next time you visit your doctor’s office, don’t be surprised if you get a “prescription” to walk a mile each day or take the stairs instead of the elevator in your office building. More and more studies are demonstrating …
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