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Filter by:The purpose of this research is to compare the effectiveness of conventional physical therapy (manual physical therapy, exercise, range of motion, and stretching) versus conventional physical therapy combined with dry needling in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Physical therapists commonly use conventional physical therapy techniques and dry needling to treat knee OA, and this study is attempting to find out if the addition of dry needling to conventional physical therapy has an equal, greater, or lesser effect than conventional physical therapy alone.
Hand osteoarthritis is a common phenotype of osteoarthritis which affects about 70 % of the elderly population. Usually considered as a minor illness, it nevertheless leads to an important functional impairment. The mechanism of this disease is still poorly known. Furthermore there are 2 different subtypes : erosive and non erosive hand osteoarthritis from which mechanisms may differ. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study recruiting patients with hand osteoarthritis addressed in consultation of rheumatology and plastic surgery in Rouen University Hospital. Two groups of patients will be studied: 20 patients with non erosive subtype of hand osteoarthritis and 20 patients with erosive subtype of hand osteoarthritis. A clinical evaluation of hand osteoarthritis will be performed. Blood sample for proteomic analysis will be taken. Hand MRI and Bone Mineral Analyser will be performed.
The investigators include patients attending the outpatient clinic in the area of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the investigators hospital with a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis, which treatment is medical. Patients will be divided into two groups. In both groups, they will be given verbal, clear and detailed information on the approach to follow, the intra-articular application of Platelet-Rich Plasma in the knee, plus rehabilitation exercises. In the first group will be held single application, while in the second group three applications will be made at an interval of two weeks each. Both groups will be assessed before and after application, together with outpatient follow-up by the SF-12 Health Survey (SF-12), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).
The control of perioperative pain is necessary to avoid worst surgical suites after shoulder arthroplasty. Interscalene block (ISB) with or without catheter is the gold standard in postoperative analgesia after shoulder prosthesis but neurological or respiratory adverse events can occured . The intra-articular local (IAL) anesthetic infiltration with catheter is a simple procedure. Its efficacy was proved in knee and hip arthroplasty but not in shoulder arthroplasty. Our hypothesis was the IAL is as effective as ISB in early postoperative analgesia after shoulder arthroplasty.
Painful knee osteoarthritis is common and treatments, short of knee replacement, are limited. The investigators plan to test the efficacy of a novel promising device for treatment of knee osteoarthritis affecting the inner part of the knee, the most common location. There are no disease modifying treatments available and therefore there is an emphasis on conservative management techniques to benefit individuals. Many of these treatments (insoles, braces, physiotherapy etc) have been shown to have relative success in individuals but a new novel device is demonstrating better effectiveness in this patient group. APOS (All Phases of Step) therapy consists of a shoe oriented system of care that works by shifting the load across parts of the knee and retraining the lower extremity muscles. Preliminary data suggest impressive favourable reductions in knee pain and a commensurate decrease in knee loading during walking. However, APOS treatment has never been evaluated in a randomised controlled trial even though it is widely used. The investigators propose to conduct a randomised blinded controlled trial of APOS treatment among persons with painful knee osteoarthritis affecting the inside (medial or lateral) of their knees. The investigators will focus on pain outcomes and quality of life. APOS has committed to provide the shoe system and a matched sham device, that they have developed, and will also provide the technicians trained to calibrate the pertupods (balls under the sole of the foot) on the shoe without charge. The research will be undertaken in a University setting for the gait evaluations.
The protocol will define the clinical study for Ortho Development's Balanced Knee® System (BKS) for subsequent review and approval by an Institutional Review Board (IRB).This clinical study will compare the clinical outcomes of BKS to currently marketed devices.
Psychologic status is associated with poor outcome after joint arthroplasty and perhaps chronic pain. To enhance the therapeutic effect of a psychologic intervention, the specific disorders or pain-related beliefs that contributed to chronic pain should be identified. We therefore determined whether specific psychologic disorders (depression, anxiety disorder) or health-related beliefs (self-efficacy, pain catastrophizing) are associated with chronic pain after joint arthroplasty for osteoarthritis.
Background: The Local infiltration analgesic (LIA) technique has been widely used to reduce opioid requirements and improve the patient's mobilization after total hip arthroplasty (THA). However, the evidence for LIA in THA remains to be clarified. Purpose: To evaluate whether a single shot LIA in addition to a multimodal analgesic regimen reduces acute postoperative pain and opioid requirements after THA.
By the comparison of two operation methods navigated and non-navigated TKR with SPECT/CT we want to show wich method has the better outcome.
This safety and feasibility study used autologous adipose-derived stromal cells (ADSC), the stromal vascular fraction (SVF), to treat 8 osteoarthritic (OA) knees in 6 patients of grade I to III (K-L scale) with initial pain of 4 or greater on a 10 point scale, under Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved protocol.