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Altering stem cell perception of tissue stiffness may help treat musculoskeletal disorders
Source: Stem Cells Portal
A new biomaterial can be used to study how and when stem cells sense the mechanics of their surrounding environment.
Stem Cells for Arthritis – Innovation in Technology and Medicine
Source: Bio-ITWorld
The biggest advantage of stem cell therapy is that unlike with surgery; this procedure can be conducted within a day and there is minimal downtime. Patients can return to work within just a day or two and they are saved from taking time from work. Surgery comes with an increased risk of infection, but in case of stem cells, patients don’t have to worry about infection. Earlier one could get stem cells only from human umbilical cord, but now stem cells can also be obtained from the bone marrow of a healthy person and used to treat arthritis.
Stem cells grown into 3-D lung-in-a-dish
Source: Science Daily
By coating tiny gel beads with lung-derived stem cells and then allowing them to self-assemble into the shapes of the air sacs found in human lungs, researchers have succeeded in creating three-dimensional lung “organoids.”
Stem-Cell Treatments Become More Available, and Face More Scrutiny
Source: The Wall Street Journal
In two days of hearings next month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will consider if clinics offering stem-cell treatments should be more closely regulated.
REGENEXX: NEW STEM CELL SAFETY PAPER
Source: ryortho
Colorado-based Regenexx has, according to the June 15, 2016 news release, published “the world’s largest stem cell safety paper. The study was published in International Orthopaedics (March 30, 2016). The purpose of the study was to determine if mesenchymal-stem-cell-based therapies [MSC] are safe procedures when used for orthopedic degenerative conditions or injuries, and it included 2,372 subjects who received a total of 3,012 stem cell injection procedures.
Guided procedures ensure accuracy of therapeutic injections
Source: medicalxpress
When it comes to pain in the hip, knee or shoulder that requires therapeutic injections, be sure to seek a physician who is trained in image-guided procedures to deliver the medication accurately, says a physical medicine and rehabilitation expert at Baylor College of Medicine.
Prospective study showed TKA not detrimental to patient participation in sports
Source: Healio
Results of a study presented at European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy Congress, here, showed patients who participated in sports before total knee arthroplasty were able to participate in sports postoperatively and in some cases, patients were more active in sports after surgery.
Improvements seen after reverse PAO for patients with FAI secondary to acetabular retroversion
Source: Healio
At mid- and long-term follow-up, clinical and radiographic results improved among young patients with either isolated retroversion or retroversion and hip dysplasia who underwent reverse periacetabular osteotomy for treatment of femoroacetabular impingement.
Comparable results seen with high- vs low-intensity plyometric exercise after ACL reconstruction
Source: Healio
Results from this randomized controlled trial showed both low- and high-intensity plyometric exercise for rehabilitation following ACL reconstruction positively affected knee function, knee impairments and psychological status among patients after 8 weeks of intervention.
Better fix for torn ACLs
Source: Science Daily
At mid- and long-term follow-up, clinical and radiographic results improved among young patients with either isolated retroversion or retroversion and hip dysplasia who underwent reverse periacetabular osteotomy for treatment of femoroacetabular impingement.