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The Arthritis
Foundation and TOA are proud to provide special E-Connect issues to
support the Austin Arthritis Walk. We have selected articles we hope
to be of interest to Orthopaedic Practices.
We want to thank
our sponsors, Balcones
Imaging and Carpe-eDatum
for bringing you this week’s issue.
As an active member
in the orthopaedic community we would like to ask you to join TOA in
supporting the Arthritis Foundation. The funds raised through the
Austin Arthritis Walk directly support arthritis research, health
education and government advocacy initiatives to improve the lives of
people with arthritis.
The Austin
Arthritis Walk will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2007,
Westlake High School. Registration for the event begins at 9:00 a.m.;
the walk begins at 10:00 a.m. You can also register on-line at
www.austinarthritiswalk.kintera.org.
Thank you,
Jeseka
Wallace
Texas Orthopaedic Association
2007 Austin Arthritis Walk Chair
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Intra-articular
Neurotoxins May Offer Relief for Osteoarthritis Patients
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Arthritis Today presents an
American College of Rheumatology Report: Intra-articular Botulinum
Toxin Type A May Offer Joint Pain Relief to Osteoarthritis Sufferers.
Posted 2/12/07 |
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Injections of intra-articular
neurotoxins may offer relief from severe knee pain for osteoarthritis
patients who are not candidates for joint reconstruction, accor...
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Effect Of Physical Activity On The Development of Knee
Osteoarthritis
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Posted 1/31/07
Felson DT, Niu J, Clancy M, Sack B, Aliabadi P, Zhang Y.
Effect of recreational physical activities on the
development of knee osteoarthritis in older adults of
different weights: The Framingham Study. Arthritis Rheum
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What problem was studied?
Regular physical activity is recommended for all people. However, how
exercise affects the development of osteoarthritis (OA) is uncertain.
One school of thought...
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National
Arthritis Walk® Hero:
Mia
Alessandra Nieto
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Mia Alessandra’s life has been rather extraordinary at the
young age of 2 ½. At only 8 months old, she faced the harsh
reality of a grueling disease. After 37 days of repeated
visits to the hospital, an Infectious Disease Specialist was
able to diagnose her spiking fever, hypothermia, rash, aching
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Weekly physical
therapy sessions, routine visits to her Rheumatologist, and an adamant
commitment to a healthy diet and nutrition all impact Mia’s daily life.
The...
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Imaging Technique May Help With Understanding and Treating
Osteoarthritis
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Recent years have seen an influx of new treatments for
arthritis, with a number of drugs slowing or even stopping the
progression of some forms of the disease. Yet treatment for
the most common form of arthritis, osteoarthritis, is still
limited to easing its symptoms. The problem, in
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part, is the difficulty in measuring
disease progression and determining if a treatment is making an impact
on it. X-rays, which show narrowed joint space due to ca...
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