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Three-hundred thirty-two thousand Americans have hip replacement every year. For most, the surgery requires a hospital stay, and weeks of rehabilitation.  Now, a different approach to surgery is getting patients back on their feet and out of the hospital

Patients who underwent primary hip arthroscopy experienced greater improvement in patient-reported outcome scores at 2-year follow-up compared with patients who underwent revision arthroscopy, according to results presented at the Arthroscopy Association

Össur announced it has launched Rebound Hip, a new lightweight brace for patients recovering from hip arthroscopy, gluteus medius repair or hamstring repair surgery, according to a company press release.

Results from this case-control study showed an 18% incidence of neurologic dysfunction, which the authors noted was most likely cervical myelopathy, that was undiagnosed among patients with hip fractures.

Older men with an increasing number of specific risk factors combined with decreased bone mineral density at the femoral neck are at elevated risk for hip fracture, according to study findings.

Adults are at higher risk for major osteoporotic fracture if one of their parents experienced a hip fracture, particularly if that fracture occurred at a younger age, according to recent study findings.

Researchers find that male Swedish farmers have a significantly lower risk of hip fracture, possibly due to their high levels of physical activity

 In a study that was recently published in theJournal of Immunology, MedUni Vienna researchers managed to identify the function of galectin-1 for the first time worldwide and established that the carbohydrate-binding protein controlsinflammation in the af

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.