Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction (Tommy John Surgery)
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A Patient's Guide to Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction (Tommy John Surgery) Introduction read more [Link]

Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries
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A Patient's Guide to Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries Introduction The ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) can become stretched, frayed or torn through the stress of repetitive throwing motions. read more [Link]

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
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A Patient's Guide to Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis Introduction Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) is a phenomenon that more commonly affects older males. It is associated with stiffness and back pain, but often it causes no signs or symptoms. read more [Link]

Resection (Excision) Arthroplasty of the Thumb
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A Patient's Guide to Resection (Excision) Arthroplasty of the Thumb Introduction read more [Link]

Major Breakthrough in Osteoporosis
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The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) is constantly keeping watch on research related to osteoporosis. As a result of compiled evidence, they have come out with a new Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis . The new guidelines take into consideration different target groups. The guidelines now address African Americans, Asians, Latinos, and older men. This is a new step from previous recommendations that were just aimed at white postmenopausal women. read more [Link]

Opioid Use Proven for Short-Term Pain Control
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The use of narcotic drugs such as opioids has been up and down over the years. Concern about dependence and addiction led to tighter controls on their long-term use. But an increase in support for their use in the late 1990s brought the debate back out into the open. As a result, there was a rash of studies done using opioids for chronic pain problems. read more [Link]

Who Can Benefit the Most From Opioid-Based Medications?
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Research is underway to find out which patients with chronic pain can benefit most from the use of opioids to control pain. The word opioid refers to substances that act like morphine in the body. These are natural or manmade and have effects like the opium poppy. read more [Link]

Rotator Cuff Repair in Older Athletes
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Athletes involved in overhead throwing sports are at risk for rotator cuff tears. Most of these players are young adults. But there are a fair number of middle-aged and older adults who still play competitively in recreational or amateur overhead-throwing sports. They are the subject of this study on arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs. read more [Link]

Searching For the Missing Link in Female Knee Injuries
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It's a known fact that women have more anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries than men. This difference is seen most often in young athletes participating in noncontact sports. There's been some suggestion that perhaps the reason for this is the stiffness factor in the knee. In this context, knee joint stiffness refers to how much torsional spring there is. read more [Link]

Looking Back at Results from ACL Surgery
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There aren't very many long-term studies of results after surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament. And many changes have occurred in the last 10 years in the way this procedure is done. In this study, surgeons from France report on 101 knees with an ACL injury. All were repaired with the same bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) arthroscopic graft technique. read more [Link]