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• Concomitant rotator cuff, biceps repair led to greater improvement in PROs

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 23-Jan-2018

  Despite inferior baseline patient-reported outcomes, patients who underwent rotator cuff repair with concomitant biceps procedure had greater improvement in outcomes at 1-year postoperatively compared with patients who underwent rotator cuff repair alone, according to results.

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• Study finds predictors for ACL injury are dissimilar between male and female athletes

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 05-Dec-2017

  Except for increased anterior-posterior knee laxity, results from this study indicated female athletes and male athletes were not similar with regard to predictors for first-time noncontact ACL injury.

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• First FDA-approved stem cell trial for shoulder injuries reaches full enrollment

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 05-Dec-2017

  The trial is the first in the United States to offer an FDA-approved adipose-derived stem cell trial for shoulder injuries. The trial opened in Fargo, North Dakota, and Sioux Falls in December 2016. In this trial, one's own adipose stem cells are used to determine if they can repair partial thickness rotator cuff tears.

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• Single image slice may not capture 3-D muscle measurements in rotator cuff tears

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 05-Oct-2017

  Patients with rotator cuff tears experience fatty infiltration increased percentages of most likely caused primarily by muscle atrophy and a single image slice did not capture 3-D muscle measurements, according to recently published data.

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• Study looks at needles in treatment for shoulder pain

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 11-Aug-2017

  According to a new study, the type of procedure used to treat shoulder calcifications should be tailored to the type of calcification. The results of the study will help interventional radiologists determine whether to use one or two needles for an ultrasound-guided treatment for a common condition called rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy.

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