by Shara Yurkiewicz August 04, 2014 Patients with shoulder pain receiving corticosteroid injections (CSI) versus manual physical therapy (MPT) had the same amount of symptom improvement, but the corticosteroid group used more healthcare resources, researchers reported in a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine on Aug. 4. Patients assigned to receive injections had more […]
May 30, 2017 BMJ Open TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this systematic review compared outcomes following arthroscopic surgery and conservative management in patients with degenerative knee disease. When compared with conservative management, knee arthroscopy resulted in a very small reduction in pain and improvement in function for up to 3 months, but this was not […]
– Reduced knee pain, improved quality of life versus placebo; less so than ibuprofen FRIDAY, May 26, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Curcuminoids seem beneficial for knee osteoarthritis (OA), although they are less effective for pain relief than ibuprofen, according to a review and meta-analysis published online May 4 in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. Igho […]
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2017 May 26. pii: S0161-4754(17)30009-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2017.04.001. [Epub ahead of print] Hawk C1, Minkalis AL2, Khorsan R3, Daniels CJ4, Homack D5, Gliedt JA6, Hartman JA2, Bhalerao S7. Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of conservative nondrug, nonsurgical interventions, either alone or in combination, for conditions […]
Findings from two long-term studies in line with other associated health benefits of fiber Date: May 23, 2017 Source: BMJ Summary: A fiber-rich diet is linked to a lowered risk of painful knee osteoarthritis, finds the first study of its kind. A fibre-rich diet is linked to a lowered risk of painful knee osteoarthritis, finds […]
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2017, Pages 122–130 Masaaki Nakajima, PhD Abstract Objective The purpose of this case series was to describe the short-term and long-term clinical effects of a manual technique for treating osteoarthritis (OA) knee pain. Methods This study measured of the immediate effect and long-term effect by using […]
BMJ Rai SK, et al. This trial is formulated in order to analyze the correlation between the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and Western diets with the risk of gout in men. The DASH diet appears to be linked with a lower risk of gout. Its impact on lowering uric acid levels in patients […]
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2017, Pages 139–146 Gemma Victoria Espí-López, PhD, PT Abstract Objectives The purpose of this study was to conduct a review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to determine the treatment effectiveness of the combination of manual therapy (MT) with other physical therapy techniques. Methods Systematic searches of […]
Medical News Today Tuesday 16 May 2017 By Honor Whiteman Patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis do not benefit from steroid injections, concludes a new study published in JAMA. Study co-author Timothy E. McAlindon, of Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA, and colleagues found that steroid injections administered every 3 months were no better than a placebo for alleviating […]
May 16, 2017 Doctors often prescribe steroid injections for the pain of knee arthritis, but a rigorous trial has found they work no better than a placebo. Researchers randomly assigned 140 men and women over 45 with painful knee osteoarthritis to injections of either a corticosteroid or a saline placebo. The subjects were injected every […]
Eduard Alentorn-Geli, MD, MSc, PhD Study Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Background Running is a healthy and popular activity worldwide, but data regarding its association with osteoarthritis (OA) are conflicting. Objectives To evaluate the association of hip and knee OA with running and to explore the influence of running intensity on this association. Methods PubMed, […]
– Blood pressure diet shows ancillary benefits in men by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 12, 2017 Men who adhered to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet significantly lowered their risk of gout, analysis of data from a large prospective study found. Among 44,444 men enrolled in the Health Professionals […]
Kim IB, et al. Arthroscopy. 2016;doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2016.03.012. April 12, 2017 Duration of symptoms before surgery of full-thickness rotator cuff tears, tear size and tendon involvement may be used to preoperatively predict retear after arthroscopic repair using the suture bridge technique, according to results of this prognostic case series. Researchers identified 282 patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator […]
BMJ 2017; 357 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j1982 (Published 10 May 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;357:j1982 What you need to know We make a strong recommendation against the use of arthroscopy in nearly all patients with degenerative knee disease, based on linked systematic reviews; further research is unlikely to alter this recommendation This recommendation applies to patients […]
Journal of Elbow and Shoulder Surgery May 2017 Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 766–773 Are degenerative rotator cuff disorders a cause of shoulder pain? Comparison of prevalence of degenerative rotator cuff disease to prevalence of nontraumatic shoulder pain through three systematic and critical reviews Karl Vincent, DC, PT, MSc Hypothesis and Background The role of degeneration is […]
This review found a lack of evidence to support the long-running notion that frozen shoulder is a self-limiting condition with identifiable stages of progression (painful, stiff and recovery phases) and complete resolution of symptoms, even without treatment. The proposed timing of this progression – slower gains in the beginning and faster ones at the end […]
May 2, 2017 LAS VEGAS — Young athletes who previously sustained an intra-articular knee injury had a higher risk of structural changes associated with future osteoarthritis, according to results presented at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International World Congress. “Young adults around the age of 22 [years] who sustained an intra-articular knee injury when they were […]
Written by Honor Whiteman Published: Tuesday 2 May 2017 Obesity is a known risk factor for osteoarthritis, one of the leading causes of disability in the United States. A new study provides evidence that losing weight can slow the development of osteoarthritis of the knee by reducing the degeneration of knee cartilage. Researchers found that […]
April 13, 2017 Clinical Rheumatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Participants adhering to either the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet or a control diet underwent repeated serum uric acid (SUA) measurement to evaluate the time required for the DASH diet to affect SUA levels. The participants following the DASH diet had a reduction in SUA of […]