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New total knee replacement statistics show rates for the surgery are soaring. With drastically increasing rates in the numbers of total knee replacements, comes the likelihood that the health care system, including patients, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists and other providers, will need to address growing numbers of complications from the surgery and implants. According [...] Parkinson’s patients who participated for two years in resistance exercise, also known as weight training, experienced improvements in tremors and other motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease, according to a study presented at the April 2012 American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting. Researchers studied 48 Parkinson’s disease patients. The patients participated in one of [...] New research presented Tuesday, Feb 7 at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons suggests total knee replacement may do more than relieve pain and disability among elderly patients with osteoarthritis. Resurfacing the worn knee joint with total knee replacement surgery also might lower patients’ probability of heart failure and death. [...] |
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