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Treating young athletes with chronic hip pain may be the key to slowing or halting the progression of degenerative hip disease. Recently, increased understanding of hip structural abnormalities has allowed specialists to better identify underlying hip conditions that previously went unrecognized and...

Drugs commonly used to treat heartburn and acid reflux may raise the risk for hip fractures among dialysis patients by nearly 20 percent, a new study suggests. Many people with kidney failure take medications called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which curb production of stomach acid.

Discontinuing the use of bisphosphonates for more than 2 years has been linked to increase risk for hip fracture in women, according to research presented at the ASBMR 2018 annual meeting.

Modest improvements in quadricep strength are associated with better performance in chair-stand tests among women  but not men  who are at risk for ...

A person may have knee surgery to treat pain in the joint due to an injury, such as torn cartilage or a torn ligament. It can also treat other conditions, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and post-traumatic arthritis.

Former professional football players who suffer tears to their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the course of their careers appear to face an elevated long-term risk of heart attack, according to a study led by investigators at Harvard Medical School.

Researchers from the Faculty of Chemical Technology, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania are developing an artificial bone that can be used to treat osteoarthritis. The bi-functional composite imitates the complex osteochondral structure of a joint, i.e. both cartilage and bone tissues.

A knee infection is a serious medical condition that often requires immediate and aggressive treatment. When bacteria contaminate the synovial fluid that lubricates your knee joint, an infection called a septic joint can be the result.

A team from Finland and the Netherlands may have improved on the process of evaluating tissue integrity. Their work,  Arthroscopic near infrared spect...

In an analysis of 112 records from 30 physical therapy (PT) sites regarding care for patients who had undergone total knee replacement (TKR) surgery, ...