by loudcanvas | Jan 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Arthritis affects millions of Americans. As the population ages and as older people continue to engage in high-level physical activity, the disease burden of arthritis has never been as high as now, nor has the demand for joint replacement. Unfortunately,...
by loudcanvas | Dec 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hip, knee and shoulder arthritis can cause substantial pain and activity limitation that affects people’s quality of life and impairs both daily and leisure-time physical activity. As more people are remaining very active into their older years and as more younger...
by loudcanvas | Dec 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Joint replacement of any joint causes controlled surgical trauma to the soft tissues around a joint. As a reaction to this, tissue swelling is normal after surgery and can vary between patients based on many factors. Because the soft tissues around the joint are what...
by loudcanvas | Dec 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
A recent meta-analysis looking at prospective studies assessing pain and function after total knee replacement sought to address this question. A meta-analysis is a compilation of data from different clinical research studies that can be used to pool data into large...
by loudcanvas | Nov 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Shoulder replacement began its progressive journey in the early 1970s when implants were rudimentary and physicians and engineers had not yet fully learned modes of success and failure. Fast forward nearly 50 years and shoulder replacement has drastically increased in...
by loudcanvas | Nov 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Kinematic alignment refers to a method of placing the femoral and tibial implant in a total knee replacement so that they better replicate the native joint axis. This contrasts with the traditional technique of mechanical alignment where the implants are placed at a...