Background. A meta-analysis was performed to assess the association between healing rate, avascular necrosis (AVN) of femoral head and two reductions-open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) and ...

Authors and Disclosures. Weiguo Wang, 1,2 Junjie Wei, 3 Zhanwang Xu, 4 * Wenkun Zhuo, 1 Yuan Zhang, 1 Hui Rong, 1 Xuecheng Cao 1 and Pingshan Wang 1 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General ...

Background and Purpose—Patients with stroke have up to a 4-fold increased risk of hip fracture because of their high incidence of falls and loss of bone mass in the paretic side, ie, hemiosteoporosis.

Abnormalities of the angle between the femoral neck and shaft of the femur may also require surgical correction. A decreased neck-shaft angle is called coxa vara or varus alignment. An increased ...

Comparison of complication profiles for femoral neck, intertrochanteric, and subtrochanteric geriatric hip fractures. Arch. Orthop. Trauma Surg. 143 (1), 49–54. doi:10.1007 ... Biomechanics of ...

For people with low bone density, the FRAX (fracture risk assessment) tool, is often included in the report. Using femoral neck bone density (the bone density of a portion of the femur) and ...

Beyond the primary end point, secondary efficacy measures consistently supported the equivalence. For instance, mean percent changes from baseline in total hip BMD at month 12 were 3.50% for SB16 and ...

Common Causes of Neck-Related Shoulder Pain 1. Text Neck Syndrome. Cause: Slouching over phones, laptops, or tablets for hours. Effect: Strains neck muscles, compresses nerves, and triggers ...

If you have a job that requires lots of time at a desk, staring at a screen or looking down at a phone, you could be straining more than your eyes.It can also lead to a modern problem called "tech ...

Here's what sexologists want you to know about sex and pain relief, plus the best positions to try when you have back, neck or shoulder pain. if you’re dealing with short-term pain, it’s ...