The American College of Rheumatology and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons have updated their recommendations on perioperative medication use for hip and knee arthroplasties in specific...
Injuries because of falls remain one of the biggest health concerns for geriatric populations. To better understand the incidence, trends, and variations in fall injuries among older adults within the...
Because the association between influenza and the risk of fractures and fall injuries among older adults is unclear, a team of researchers assessed this relationship. Their results were presented in...
There has been scant study of outcomes related to surgery among patients with vertebral osteomyelitis, though the condition often causes chronic pain and functional limitations. Researchers investigated...
Researchers investigated whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation could help patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty regain muscle and strength more quickly after surgery.
Study authors sought to determine whether using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in addition to standard treatment can reduce movement‐evoked pain among women with fibromyalgia.
Recent studies have suggested that fibromyalgia is inaccurately diagnosed, so to investigate possible diagnostic misclassification of fibromyalgia, researchers compared expert physician diagnosis with...
As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the United States, non-pharmacologic interventions for pain are increasingly important. With this in mind, researchers aimed to investigate the impact of early...
Women with fibromyalgia can see a significant improvement in pain, fatigue, and disease impact during physical activity when treated with transcutaneous electrical nerve...
Although antidepressants are commonly used to treat chronic low back pain and are recommended for this use in international guidelines, no evidence is available for their efficacy, according to the study...
