Jun 10, 2021

Osteoporosis is the process of bone loss, particular after menopause, when the production of estrogen in women is decreaing. Bioenergetic function is one of the critical roles in bone remodeling. Dang...

May 13, 2021

Shared decision making (SDM) in knee osteoarthritis (OA) is essential to optimizing patient-centered care and involves clinicians and patients collaborating to make decisions using the best available ...

May 06, 2021

Osteoporosis (OP) is an age-related disease characterized by reduced bone mass and increased bone fragility. It is more common in older people and postmenopausal women. As a new type of exercise train...

Mar 18, 2021

Prevalent vertebral fractures (PVFx) and abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) are both associated with incident fractures and can be ascertained on the same lateral spine images, but their joint assoc...

Jan 01, 2021

Tibial shaft fractures are one of the most common types of long bone fractures and are often managed by intramedullary nailing. Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) and sham treatment are the two c...

Oct 19, 2020

Total knee arthroplasty is a procedure commonly used to treat end-stage osteoarthritis of the knee. However, the success rate of the therapy is questionable as a large number of patients are at risk o...

Sep 24, 2020

Three years of high-dose vitamin D supplementation (400 IU, 4000 IU, 10,000 IU) in healthy vitamin D-sufficient individuals aged 55 to 70 years, resulted in a negative dose-response relationship for b...

Sep 11, 2020

Ankle sprains are one of the most common types of musculoskeletal injuries. Physiotherapy is routinely given to patients with ankle sprains. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of supervised phys...

Sep 11, 2020

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and American College of Endocrinology (ACE) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis - 2...

Sep 11, 2020

Women with H. pylori infection were more likely to be older and have a higher body mass index (BMI) than those without H. pylori infection. Women with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection ar...

Sep 10, 2020

Achilles tendinopathy (AT), or Achilles tendinitis, is an injury of the Achilles tendon, which connects the calf muscle to the heel bone. The usual care given to patients with AT does not result in po...

Sep 03, 2020

Evidence indicates that ankle fractures are becoming increasingly more common among older people, presenting a significant burden to the US healthcare system, with annual costs exceeding $17 billion f...

Aug 31, 2020

Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by the loss of too much bone from the body after menopause. Odanacatib is a cathepsin K inhibitor that reduces bone resorption and maintains...

Aug 27, 2020

Venous leg ulceration is the most common type of leg ulcer in which veins in the leg stop working. Aspirin, an acetylsalicylic acid drug, is considered to be an adjuvant treatment for venous leg ulcer...

Aug 10, 2020

“Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT)-related osteoporosis is one of the most frequent causes of secondary osteoporosis, and it frequently occurs in postmenopausal women, with a prevalence of up to 1%...

Aug 10, 2020

While previous studies have shown bone and muscle to interact, little is known regarding the role of fat within bone and muscle, explains Andy Kin On Wong, PhD. Dr. Wong and colleagues hypothesized th...

Aug 08, 2020

In these unprecedented times, the changes in the model of healthcare towards chronic disease may be here to stay. Individuals with chronic conditions, such as frail older and immune-compromised peop...

Aug 08, 2020

Improvements apparent after 12 months. Among patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis who also fulfill the criteria for osteoporosis, treatment with denosumab appears to improve or maintain bon...

Aug 06, 2020

Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-measured BMD at the hip and spine is widely used to diagnose osteoporosis, 10%-20% of patients who sustain osteoporosis-related fractures are reported t...

Aug 03, 2020

The incidence of hip fracture decreased from 1970 to 2010, with reductions in smoking and heavy drinking coincident with this decrease, according to a study published online July 27 in JAMA Internal M...