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Knee osteoarthritis can cause unpredictable pain symptoms

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis worldwide, affecting more than 300 million people. It causes substantial pain, functional limitations, and disability in patients. The pain experience in patients with knee osteoarthritis changes over time. People initially experience primarily weight-bearing related pain, such as with jogging and ...

2022-12-12T13:32:17-07:00

PRP therapy can reduce the risk of second meniscus failure

Platelet-rich plasma therapy involves the extraction of blood from the patient, which is then centrifuged to obtain a concentrated suspension of platelets. It then undergoes a two-stage centrifugation process to separate the solid and liquid components of the anti-coagulated blood. PRP owes its therapeutic use to the growth ...

2022-12-12T13:32:42-07:00

Prototype mini MRI scanner could improve knee injury diagnoses

Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a prototype mini MRI scanner that fits around a patient's leg. The team say the device -- which uses so-called 'magic angle' effect -- could potentially help diagnose knee injuries more quickly, and more accurately. In a proof-of-concept study using animal ...

2022-12-12T13:33:00-07:00

JAAOS reports on nonsurgical treatments for knee osteoarthritis

An estimated 45 percent of people are at risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA) in their lifetime. According to a network meta-analysis research article published in the May 1, 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) naproxen ...

2022-12-12T13:33:21-07:00
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