Knee replacement

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of the proteolytic breakdown of cartilage. Wenham and Conaghan (2010) also suggest that there is increased vascularity in OA affected joints. A study by Haywood et al (2003) showed that 31% of patients with OA who were about to have total joint replacements had severe synovitis and only 7 out of the 104 participants did not show any evidence of…

Summary of the Evidence: 1. Purpose: To determine if pre-operative interventions for hip and knee osteoarthritis provide benefit before and after joint replacement. Even though, this research article was about both hip and knee arthroplasty, and the PICO question was more pertaining to hip arthroplasty, this article was chosen due to the quality of study and higher level of evidence demonstrated by the study. 2. Study Design and Level of Evidence: The study design was based on the…

body. “It is located within the joint capsule of the knee. It attaches superiorly on the femur and inferiorly on the tibia” (Cotton and Andersen 354). “The ACL is useful in helping prevent the tibia from moving forward on the femur when doing quadriceps contraction” (Cotton and Andersen 354). They also state “Injuries to the ACL is commonly caused by rapid deceleration (such as a basketball player stopping suddenly) or by a direct blow to the knee to hyperextended” (Cotton and Andersen 354). Any…

On Wednesday 29th April 2014, I was assigned to the same four patients I had the day prior. One of my patients was admitted for sepsis of the R) knee following a total knee joint replacement two months prior. He was a 67 year old Maori gentleman, MRSA positive with a history of gout, hypertension, GORD, bilateral total hip joint replacements and R) sided weakness following a MVA in 2011. During handover, it was stated to us that this patient was due to have his IVABs at both 1300 and 1400.…

is due to the certain movements of the knee required by each different sport. ACL tears are especially common in soccer, basketball, and football players. All of these sports require planting, cutting, straight-knee landings, pivoting, and sudden deceleration. For example, in football or soccer, a player plants his or her leg, slows down quickly, and cuts into a different direction. Depending on the direction of the cut, this sudden stop and twist of the knee can put too much stress on the ACL…

disease is osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a degeneration of joint and cartilage and the underlying bone. This is more common in the middle age onward. This disease causes pain and stiffness in the joint if affects. The joints it affects is the hip, knee, and thumb joints (USA.GOV, 2015). Therefore, “Evidence-based clinical guidelines: A New System to Better Determine True Strength of Recommendation,” by authors Edward Roddy, Weiya Zhang, Michael Doherty, Nigel K. Arden, Julie Barlow, and…

severe stiffness in the joint. As OA is a degenerative joint disease there is no outright cure. Upon detection of the symptoms, a sport medicine doctor may order imaging - X-rays - when deemed appropriate to confirm the diagnosis. While joint replacement can be a reasonable solution for some cases, there are many non-surgical steps that can help with osteoarthritis. 5 Non Surgical Ways to Help with Osteoarthritis 1. Keep Moving and Stay Active Many studies have…

The Pros and Cons of Joint Injuries, Joint Trauma, and Joint Conditions Treated with Cortisone Should osteoarthritis, tendinitis, bursitis and other joint conditions be treated with cortisone, and to what extent should treatment take place? Skeletal problems are intertwined in treatment before cortisone treatments are administered. There are several treatments besides cortisone, such as massage, chiropractic, physical therapy, and natural remedies. One can measure quality by how safe it is…

recovery process. An athlete never pictures themselves taking one step wrong and ending it for months by tearing their ACL; however, even the slightest off-step can rupture the ACL. An tear in the ACL can be caused by a hard hit on the side of the knee, overextension, quickly stopping and…