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The observation that intensive care early after a whiplash injury is associated with slower recovery was reproduced in an independent patient cohort.
Medscape (Orthopaedics) - Thu, 29 May 2008
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The risk of fracture of the femoral neck in post-menopausal women is increased by various factors, but among these, a list by importance has never been made.
MedNews (Orthopaedics) - Thu, 22 May 2008
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It is known that osteoporosis is associated with an increase in fracture risk for minimal trauma (fall from a height lower than one’s own height), but not for important traumas (car accidents, fall from a height higher than one’s own height).
MedNews (Orthopaedics) - Sun, 18 May 2008
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Long-term intake of cortisones implies an increate risk of osteoporosis, so researchers wondered which could be the best prevention of this complication.
MedNews (Orthopaedics) - Wed, 7 May 2008
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Can carpal tunnel syndrome be caused by a long use of computer mouse and keyboard? Some Swedish researchers examined this potential association in 2003 workers casually chosen.
MedNews (Orthopaedics) - Sun, 4 May 2008
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Authors have discovered two genetic variants of key biological proteins which, when present, increase both the risk of osteoporosis and subsequent osteoporotic fractures.
The Lancet (Orthopaedics) - Sun, 4 May 2008
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As the prevalence of knee buckling in general population is not clear, a trial was performed at Framingham using the subjects enrolled in the Framingham Offspring Study and randomly phoning in order to enroll further patients.
MedNews (Orthopaedics) - Wed, 16 April 2008
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Decisive results on the usefulness of calcium in the prevention of fractures still lack, so, a systematic review has been performed on all the randomized trials published from 1996 to 2006, concerning the comparison between calcium (with or without vitamin D) and placebo in adults being more than 50 years old.
MedNews (Orthopaedics) - Thu, 28 February 2008
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Statistics tell of more than 300.000 hip fractures every year in the USA, most of which due to falls of older people. In order to try to reduce this fact, some devices have been invented, whose use, however, led to doubtful results.
MedNews (Orthopaedics) - Wed, 30 January 2008
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There are not many case-control trials evaluating the efficacy of intra-articular cortisones as a therapy for osteoarthritis of the hip, so this randomized trial has been performed in Canada, where patients suffering from painful osteoarthritis of the hip, refractory to very high doses of NSAIDs or paracetamol have been treated with triamcinolone acetonide (fluoroscopic-guided injected 40 mg) or with saline solution.
MedNews (Orthopaedics) - Wed, 30 January 2008
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