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Background: A treatment algorithm and screening examination have been developed to guide patient management and prospectively determine potential for highly active individuals to succeed with nonoperative care after anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
Objective: To prospectively characterize and classify the entire population of highly active individuals over a 10-year period and provide final outcomes for individuals who elected nonoperative care.
Methods: Inclusion criteria included presentation within 7 months of the index injury and an International Knee Documentation Committee level I or II activity level before injury. Concomitant injury, unresolved impairments, and a screening examination were used as criteria to guide management and classify individuals as noncopers (poor potential) or potential copers (good potential) for nonoperative care.
Results: A total of 832 highly active patients with subacute anterior cruciate ligament tears were seen over the 10-year period; 315 had concomitant injuries, 87 had unresolved impairments, and 85 did not participate in the classification algorithm. The remaining 345 patients (216 men, 129 women) participated in the screening examination a mean of 6 weeks after the index injury. There were 199 subjects classified as noncopers and 146 as potential copers. Sixty-three of 88 potential copers successfully returned to preinjury activities without surgery, with 25 of these patients not undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction at the time of follow-up.
Conclusion: The classification algorithm is an effective tool for prospectively identifying individuals early after anterior cruciate ligament injury who want to pursue nonoperative care or must delay surgical intervention and have good potential to do so.
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NEC Display Solutions Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance On MD301C4 Medical Diagnostic MonitorCategory: Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Leave a Comment |
NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today the Food & Drug Administration 510(k) market clearance of the 30-inch MultiSync® MD301C4 medical diagnostic display for the displaying and viewing of digital images for diagnosis by trained physicians…
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Medtronic Announces U.S. Launch Of New Inflatable Bone Tamp And Syringe System For Treatment Of Vertebral Compression FracturesCategory: Bones / Orthopedics | Leave a Comment |
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced the commercial release of the Kyphon Xpander II Inflatable Bone Tamp (IBT) and the Kyphon Inflation Syringe - the Kyphon Xpander II IBT System - for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures with minimally invasive Kyphon® Balloon Kyphoplasty…
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Vasomedical Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance On Two New DevicesCategory: Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Leave a Comment |
Vasomedical, Inc. (”Vasomedical”) (OTC: VASO.PK), a leader in the sale of diagnostic imaging products through its wholly-owned subsidiary, VasoHealthcare, as well as a leader in the non-invasive treatment and management of cardiovascular diseases, today announced its receipt of U.S…
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Future Actions Predicted From Human Brain ActivityCategory: Neurology / Neuroscience | Leave a Comment |
Bringing the real world into the brain scanner, researchers at The University of Western Ontario from The Centre for Brain and Mind can now determine the action a person was planning, mere moments before that action is actually executed…
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The Robotic Hand Of The FutureCategory: Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Leave a Comment |
Researchers at Carlos III University of Madrid’s (UC3M) Robotics lab are participating in the international research project known as HANDLE. The objective of the project is to create a robotic hand that can reproduce the abilities and movements of a human hand in order to achieve the optimal manipulation of objects…
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Tiny Generator Powers Wireless DeviceCategory: Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Leave a Comment |
Imagine a new genre of tiny implantable sensors, airborne and stationary surveillance cameras and sensors and other devices that operate without batteries on energy collected from the motion of a heart beat and have wireless communications capability…
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Evolution Of Skin And Ovarian Cancer Cells DecodedCategory: Melanoma / Skin Cancer | Leave a Comment |
A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has developed a way to uncover the evolution of human cancer cells, determining the order in which mutations emerge in them as they wend their way from a normal, healthy state into invasive, malignant masses…
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Ascension Orthopedics Implants PyroTITAN™ In Geelong, AustraliaCategory: Bones / Orthopedics | Leave a Comment |
Ascension Orthopedics, Inc., the world leader in PyroCarbon orthopedic implants, announces the implantation of the PyroTITAN™ Humeral Resurfacing Implant in Geelong, Australia by Richard S. Page, MB.BS.FRACS(ORTH) at St. John of God Hospital. “The patient was a 57-year-old, active male with increasing shoulder pain for over a year…
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CJPS Medical Systems Launches Breakthrough Portable Vital Signs MonitorCategory: Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Leave a Comment |
CJPS Medical Systems announced today that it is releasing this week the smallest, most featured, lowest cost, portable multi-parameter vital signs monitor on the market…
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New Rapid Test Tells Difference Between Bacterial And Viral InfectionsCategory: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses | Leave a Comment |
Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a rapid and accurate test to tell the difference between bacterial and viral infections. Those common afflictions often have similar symptoms but vastly different treatments - antibiotics work for bacterial infections but not for viruses. The report appears in ACS’ journal Analytical Chemistry…