This article describes a study comparing 30-day readmission rates between patients undergoing outpatient versus inpatient total hip (THA) and knee (TKA) arthroplasty. A retrospective review of 137 patients undergoing outpatient…
The optimal treatment of open fractures continues to be an area of debate in the orthopedic literature. Recent research has challenged the dictum that open fractures should be debrided within…
The optimal strategy for postoperative deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis remains controversial in hip and knee arthroplasty. Warfarin causes transient hypercoagulability; however, the optimal timing of treatment remains unclear. We evaluated…
Total knee arthroplasty occasionally does not meet expectations. This randomized clinical trial assessed the effect of restoration of the native patellofemoral height on clinical outcomes. Group I underwent standard patellar…
Although fractures are the most frequently treated orthopedic injuries, and have been for centuries, some aspects of their care remain controversial and other areas become controversial as newer information comes…
Manual and Exercise Therapies in Whiplash-Associated Disorders Alice Kongsted MANUAL AND EXERCISE THERAPIES Manual therapy is hands-on techniques aimed at decreasing pain and restoring biomechanical function. The term includes joint…
Precollision Risk Factors, Illness-Related Cognition, and Recovery After Acute Whiplash Trauma Tina Birgitte Wisbech Carstensen Lisbeth Frostholm Persistent pain and disability after whiplash trauma has become an increasingly significant problem…
Improving Psychologically Oriented Treatments for WAD Steven James Linton For reasons not fully understood, many patients who sustain a WAD (whiplash-associated disorder) recover quickly, while others develop long-term problems. Psychological…
A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Motor Vehicle Collisions: Beyond Forces, Flexion, and Fractures Dennis C. Turk James P. Robinson Over 6.7 million police-reported motor vehicle collisions (MVC) occur each year in…
Neurobiological Mechanisms of Whiplash Samuel A. McLean Among individuals involved in one of the fifty million motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) that occur worldwide each year [37], persistent musculoskeletal pain is…
