Musculoskeletal Archives - Page 5 of 19

A mixed methods approach to investigating physical activity in people with obesity participating in a chronic care programme awaiting total knee or hip arthroplasty – Natalie Pavlovic et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-13T14:02:32+11:00Clinical guidelines, Hip, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Osteoarthritis, Publications, Surgery|

This study captured the physical activity trajectory and explored barriers and enablers to physical activity in a socially and culturally diverse sample with obesity awaiting TKA or THA. For context, we collected many baseline measures capturing disease severity. The baseline average Oxford scores indicated moderate [...]

Corporate Influences on Science and Health—the Case of Spinal Cord Stimulation – Adrian C. Traeger & Lisa A. Bero

Lucia Marcello2024-02-13T13:27:54+11:00Conflicts of interest, Ethical considerations, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications, Research ethics, Spinal, Treatment|

Corporations have been developing tactics to undermine independent science for decades. In the 1950s, on learning of the damaging effects of tobacco on health, the tobacco industry used campaigns of criticism to defend their products and the substantial revenue they were generating. Corporations could effectively [...]

Improving hip fracture care: A five-year review of the early contributors to the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry – Morag E. Taylor et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-13T13:21:55+11:00Ageing, Clinical guidelines, Hip, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Prescribing, Publications, Surgery, Treatment|

The aim of this study was to examine temporal trends (2016–2020) in hip fracture care in Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) hospitals that started providing patient-level data to the ANZ Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) on/before 1 January 2016 (early contributors). Retrospective cohort study of early [...]

Utilizing Stems in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: Analysis of the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry Data – Jessica K. Osan et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-13T13:19:04+11:00Knee, Musculoskeletal, Osteoarthritis, Publications, Surgery|

We compared revision rates and reasons for revision for primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) performed for osteoarthritis with and without tibial stem extensions. Data from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) were used to compare all cause revision, reason and type of [...]

The effectiveness of allied health and nurse practitioner models-of-care in managing musculoskeletal conditions in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Simon P Vella et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-11T15:13:05+11:00Health system, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Neck, Pain, Physiotherapy, Publications|

Musculoskeletal conditions are the most common health condition seen in emergency departments. Hence, the most effective approaches to managing these conditions is of interest. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of allied health and nursing models of care for the management of musculoskeletal [...]

Referral patterns for people with musculoskeletal complaints in general practice: An analysis from an Australian primary care database – Romi Haas et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-11T15:02:15+11:00Knee, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Primary Care, Publications, Shoulder|

The objective of this study is to examine referral patterns for people with musculoskeletal complaints presenting to Australian general practitioners (GPs). This longitudinal analysis from the POpulation Level Analysis Reporting (POLAR) database includes 133,279 patients with low back (aged ≥18) or neck, shoulder and/or knee [...]

Concordance of shoulder symptoms and imaging findings: a protocol for the Finnish Imaging of Shoulder (FIMAGE) study – Thomas Ibounig et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-11T14:42:33+11:00Imaging, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications, Radiology reports, Shoulder|

Shoulder pain is a substantial medical and socioeconomic problem in most societies, affecting the ability to work or carry out leisure time activities as well as subsequently influencing physical and psychological well-being. According to a nationwide survey in Finland, 27% of the population reported shoulder [...]

Education can reassure people with rotator cuff–related shoulder pain: a 3-arm, randomised, online experiment – Joshua R. Zadro et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-11T14:37:27+11:00Clinical guidelines, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications, Shoulder, Treatment|

We aimed to investigate the immediate effect of best practice education (with and without pain science messages) and structure-focused education on reassurance among people with rotator cuff–related shoulder pain. We conducted a 3-arm, parallel-group, randomised experiment. People with rotator cuff–related shoulder pain were randomised (1:1:1) [...]

Stakeholder perspectives on short-stay joint replacement programs: results from a national cross-sectional study – Ilana N Ackerman et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-11T13:59:45+11:00Health professionals, Hip, Insurance, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Publications, Surgery|

The capacity to meet anticipated growth in joint replacement demand requires safe, efficient models of care. While short-stay joint replacement programs are being used internationally, they have not been widely implemented in many countries. Importantly, the critical challenges that need to be addressed ahead of [...]

Challenges of conducting a randomised placebo-controlled trial of spinal surgery: the SUcceSS trial of lumbar spine decompression – Emma Kwan-Yee Ho et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-11T13:58:00+11:00Musculoskeletal, Placebos, Publications, Research ethics, Risk, Shared decision making, Spinal, Surgery|

Although placebo-controlled trials are considered the gold standard for evaluating the efficacy of healthcare interventions, they can be perceived to be controversial and challenging to conduct for surgical treatments. The SUcceSS trial is the first placebo-controlled trial of lumbar decompression surgery for symptomatic lumbar canal [...]

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