the two types of therapies for patients with osteoarthritis and whether their strength and physical function will be improved by which type of therapy. The second compares hydrotherapy to land based exercise for patients who have undergone a total knee replacement where as the final article bases its investigation on whether water therapy can be as effective as land based exercise for
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One of the most popular simulation in orthopedic field is knee arthroplasty. Knee arthroplasty is the replacement of the fractured joint and action take to correct the dislocated mal-position of the tibia. Knee arthroplasty gains attention in these days because of the rising factor of obesity. Obesity results in knee arthritis which needs a total knee replacement (Liabaud‚ Patrick & Geller‚ 2013). Total knee replacement implies the need of knee arthroplasty in this situation. However‚ the weight becomes
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Kaytlin Edwards Melted Knee Everything appeared to melt from the heat of the sweltering sun. I had fallen twice that day and every time I tried to get back up it was like a cloud of darkness was in my head and covering my eyes. Dribbling a ball up and down a court in 100 degree weather can cause a little bit of dizziness. Except the third time I fell‚ my head did not experience the darkness; my whole body did. It was as though someone let a cage of butterflies out in my stomach‚ but not the kind
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Today I observed a left total knee replacement procedure. The surgeon was Dr. O’Neil and anesthesiologist was Dr. Wells. Before the operation began‚ I followed one of the nurses to ask the patient questions to help us determine their medical history and if the patient ate anything within the last twelve hours. Once we took the patient to the O.R.‚ Dr. Wells checked the patient’s vital signs and ordered the patient to sit up and have bad posture. Dr. Wells cleaned an area of the back where he injected
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The Battle at Wounded Knee Wounded Knee was a terrible event in US history. It showed how the US government didn ’t understand the Native Americans and treated them badly and unfairly. The Wounded Knee massacre took place on December 29‚ 1890 near Wounded Knee creek in South Dakota‚ USA. The massacre was the American military fighting against the Native-Americans. It’s an important part of history because it is the last battle that took place during the American Indian war. The American-Indian
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DOI: 4/11/2015. Patient is a 56-year-old right-hand dominant female housekeeper who sustained a work-related injury to her left hand and right knee after being trapped in an elevator for one hour. MRI of the right knee on 8/12/15 shows thinned cartilage of the medial femoral condyle and medial tibial plateau which causes narrowing of the joint space. Linear increased signal in the posterior horn of the medial meniscus is noted‚ which likely reflects internal degeneration. There is a 7.6 mm osteochondral
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Kenya Henderson KINS 2100 Due: 4/3/12 Case Study: Knee Injury This case study focuses on a male who suffered a knee injury form skiing‚ which in turn resulted in weakness in his foot. With the help of MR Neurography the doctor was able to accurately diagnose the patient and provide a successful outcome. The gentleman suffered an injury to his left knee while snow skiing. He fell onto his leg with an immediate disruption of the knee and instant onset of foot weakness. There was considerable
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Nifedipine (Adalat‚Procardia‚others) Prototype Drug / .Therapeutic Class: Drug for hypertension and angina Pharmacologic Class: Calcium channel blocker. ACTIONS AND USESNifedipine is CCB generally prescribed for HTN and variant or vasospastic angina. It is occasionally used to treat Raynaud’s phenomenon and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Nifedipine acts by selectively bloking calcium channels in myocardial and vascular smooth muscle‚ including those in the coronary arteries. This results
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A polymer‚ metal‚ or ceramic could be potentially used for a knee implant. Each has its own benefits and disadvantages‚ because of this each material is utilized for a different part of the knee replacement. The three parts of the knee replacement are depicted in Figure 1 and are the femoral component‚ the plastic surface‚ and the tibial plate. The material that is the best fit to use for a biodegradable friendly knee replacement wouldn’t be a metal‚ though currently most common used‚ because when
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the stability of the knee joint. The ACL specifically prevents the tibia from sliding too far forward‚ making the joint unstable and prone to dislocation. When someone experiences an injury to the ACL‚ they often complain of the feeling that their knee will “give out” due to the lack of stability of the knee joint when the ACL is torn. An ACL injury makes the knee more prone to arthritis and cartilage tears. When you tear your ACL‚ you might hear or feel a pop in your knee. There will probably
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