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Filter by:The Collaborative Lifestyle Intervention Program in Knee OsteoArthritis Patients (CLIP-OA) compares a novel community-based exercise and dietary weight loss program to the Arthritis Foundation's Walk with Ease intervention on improved mobility in knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients.
Prospective, Interventional, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Single Group Assignment, Single Center.
Maintaining a healthy diet and engaging in routine physical activity may help decrease severity of symptoms, prevent secondary conditions, and slow functional decline in people with disabling neuromusculoskeletal conditions. However, people with these conditions face many health barriers to engaging in healthy behaviors. With the advent of portable technologies, such as smart phones, tablets and PDAs, there is a need to explore whether these technologies can help people with disabling conditions to stay motivated and overcome barriers to engaging in healthy behaviors.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the Agili-CTM implant in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the Great Toe.
This phase III clinical study will be conducted in Brazilian research sites. It will be included in the study 314 participants diagnosed with primary knee OA according to the classification criteria of the ACR. After a washout period, the participants will be randomized to receive the combination of glucosamine sulfate + chondroitin sulfate of bovine origin of Eurofarma Laboratorios S.A. (N= 157) or the combination of glucosamine sulfate + chondroitin sulfate of Zodiac Pharmaceuticals S.A. Condroflex ® (N = 157). The treatment period of the study will be of 24 weeks. Each participant will perform seven visits to the research site. The main evaluations will be the improve of pain in the target knee by questionnaire Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and quality of life by SF-12 questionnaire.
This study evaluates the peri-articular tranexamic acid injection in total knee arthroplasty which is an alternative route of administration for blood loss reduction. Half of participants will receive intravenous tranexamic acid injection, while the other half will receive peri-articular tranexamic acid injection during total knee arthroplasty.
The effect of total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) versus inhalational anesthesia on the quality of recovery from surgery has been reported in several different types of operations. The Quality of Recovery 40 (QoR-40) questionnaire is designed multi-dimensionally to assess the degree of recovery after anesthesia and surgery, and has been validated in previous studies. The present study aims to compare the quality of recovery with the QoR-40 questionnaire, in patients undergoing correctional tibial osteotomy under general anesthesia with either TIVA with propofol or inhalational anesthesia with desflurane.
Total replacement of hip joint is one of the most important medical innovations of the twentieth century. More than 100,000 hip replacements are being laid each year in France. Improved fixation, reduced wear rates and reduced implant dislocation rates remain subjects of continuous improvement. Hip implants cemented and cementless are part of therapeutic arsenal of orthopedic surgeons for joint replacement of the defective hip. The anchor and friction torque are both essential to the survival of hip implants. Therefore acetabular implants without cement with ceramic insert or polyethylene in a metalback or full polyethylene coated with titanium grains without metalback are proposed, but they have their own complications (Squeaking, fractures, recovery difficulties, difficult radiographic analysis, high cost for ceramics, primary stability defects, instability of the instrument set, Titanium residues in absence of metalback. An alternative to these implants may be an acetabular component without cement with polyethylene insert with an end metalback to increase both polyethylene thickness and size of the head in order to expect a low complication rate with important longevity for a lower cost. This study was conducted to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the acetabular implant "POLYMAX"
The purpose of this research is to develop and test the feasibility of an exercise intervention for persons with painful knee osteoarthritis involving the patella (kneecap). Participants in the patellofemoral osteoarthritis (PFOA) group will be treated with a 6-week supervised exercise program that targets strengthening the hip and trunk core muscles. Painfree control participants will attend one session to gather biomechanical, strength, and function data for use in comparison to the patellofemoral osteoarthritis group. Feasibility outcomes include adherence to the treatment program, recruitment, and retention. It is hypothesized that PFOA group participants will change score on a knee pain and function questionnaire by the minimum clinically important difference score for positive improvement at the end of the 6-week intervention program.
The procedure is supposed to ablate the sacral lateral branches that form the medial cluneal nerves (MCN). The anatomy of the sacral lateral branches is such that, in addition to innervating the SIJ, distal branches of these nerves also innervate the skin over the buttock through MCN (12,13). SLB blocks (usually with 0.5 ml of 1% Lidocaine or 0.5% Bupivacaine) are performed proximal to the origin of both the nerves to the SIJ and the cutaneous branches. Therefore, a technically accurate block should anesthetize not only the SIJ but also the skin of the buttock regardless of the patient symptoms. Hypoesthesia of the buttock would, therefore, be a quality-assurance sign that the block has been performed in a technically correct fashion. Similarly, if the target nerves have been accurately ablated by RFA hypoesthesia of the buttock should ensue, as an expected effect of the procedure.