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Young baseball players could benefit from preseason arm injury prevention programs
Source: Medical News Today
Preseason prevention programs are beneficial to young baseball pitchers, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day. The study, the first to analyze a well-monitored preseason training program, showed numerous arm flexibility and strength improvements in participating athletes that could ultimately diminish the risk of injuries.
AAOS recommends a multi-faceted approach to diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome
Source: Medical Xpress
New guidelines approved by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors recommend the collective use of a thorough patient history and specific physical examination maneuvers, in addition to observation and specific diagnostic tests to more definitively diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a common source of hand numbness and pain affecting approximately 3 million Americans—primarily women—each year.
Researchers identify a new cause of inherited neuropathy
Source: Medical Xpress
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT) is a family of inherited disorders of the peripheral nervous system, affecting approximately one in 2,500 Americans. Its most common iteration, CMT1, comes in many forms, most of which have to date been linked to a small set of causative genes. New research from the department of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently spanned the globe to uncover a new genetic cause of CMT1. Their findings are published online this week in Brain.
Study indicates hand, upper-extremity surgery may be safely performed in outpatient setting
Source: Healio
Investigators of a study recently published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found a low adverse event rate after hand or upper extremity surgeries performed at a freestanding ambulatory surgery center, which they note demonstrates that these surgeries can be completed safety in an outpatient setting.
Threaded pin likely offers reliable fixation for articular distal radius fractures
Source: Healio
Use of a threaded pin in the treatment of extra-articular and simple articular distal radius fractures offered reliable fracture fixation, according to study results.
Knuckles and Joints: Does Cracking Your Knuckles Cause Arthritis?
Source: Medical News Today
The joints that "crack" most often are the knuckles, knees, ankles, back, and neck. There are numerous reasons why these joints make noise, but, can knuckle-cracking cause orexacerbate arthritis?
Upper limb amputees have better outcomes with prosthetics when trained by fellow amputees
Source: Medical Xpress
New research suggests that upper limb amputees, who typically struggle to learn how to use a new prosthesis, would be more successful if fellow amputees taught them.
Location of UCL tears in MLB pitchers can help determine if surgery is necessary
Source: Medical Xpress
Research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO, shows that the location of ligament tears within a pitcher's elbow can be key to predicting the success of non-operative treatment for these injuries, and deciding whether surgery should be recommended.
Endovascular treatment of below-the-elbow arteries in critical hand ischemia
Source: NCBI
Although uncommon, critical hand ischemia (CHI) represents a cause of significant disability because of its effect on hand function.
