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New study analyzes link between digit ratio and oxygen consumption in soccer players

New study analyzes link between digit ratio and oxygen consumption in soccer players

FEBRUARY 16, 2024bySwansea UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues is a factor in the severity of important diseases such as COVID-19 and heart con

New study analyzes link between digit ratio and oxygen consumption in soccer players

FEBRUARY 16, 2024bySwansea UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues is a factor in the severity of important diseases such as COVID-19 and heart con
Healing heel pain: Researchers explore the use of local vibration in plantar fasciitis treatment

Healing heel pain: Researchers explore the use of local vibration in plantar fasciitis treatment

JANUARY 17, 2024by Sahmyook UniversityA randomized controlled trial explored two patient groups over 5 weeks: one receiving combined shock wave and local vibration, the other receiving shock wave alon

Healing heel pain: Researchers explore the use of local vibration in plantar fasciitis treatment

JANUARY 17, 2024by Sahmyook UniversityA randomized controlled trial explored two patient groups over 5 weeks: one receiving combined shock wave and local vibration, the other receiving shock wave alon
Smartphone videos of the sit-to-stand test predict osteoarthritis and health outcomes in a nationwide study

Smartphone videos of the sit-to-stand test predict osteoarthritis and health outcomes in a nationwide study

by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringAn overview of our web application to collect and analyze movement data. Credit:npj Digital Medicine(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s4174

Smartphone videos of the sit-to-stand test predict osteoarthritis and health outcomes in a nationwide study

by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringAn overview of our web application to collect and analyze movement data. Credit:npj Digital Medicine(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s4174
Supporting workers with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases

Supporting workers with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases

by European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR)Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAcross Europe, people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases are less able to work than people in th

Supporting workers with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases

by European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR)Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAcross Europe, people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases are less able to work than people in th
Analgesics plus exercise therapy feasible for knee OA

Analgesics plus exercise therapy feasible for knee OA

(HealthDay)—A combined intervention of optimized analgesic prescription and exercise therapy is feasible and associated with significant reductions in pain and activity limitation in patients with kne

Analgesics plus exercise therapy feasible for knee OA

(HealthDay)—A combined intervention of optimized analgesic prescription and exercise therapy is feasible and associated with significant reductions in pain and activity limitation in patients with kne
Lipofilling procedure improves pain and function in finger osteoarthritis

Lipofilling procedure improves pain and function in finger osteoarthritis

by Wolters Kluwer HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFor patients with painful finger osteoarthritis, a nonsurgical procedure called lipofilling—in which fat obtained from another part of th

Lipofilling procedure improves pain and function in finger osteoarthritis

by Wolters Kluwer HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFor patients with painful finger osteoarthritis, a nonsurgical procedure called lipofilling—in which fat obtained from another part of th
Research reveals dramatic implications with using the tibia loading model to treat osteoporosis

Research reveals dramatic implications with using the tibia loading model to treat osteoporosis

FEBRUARY 14, 2024byUniversity of SheffieldFlowchart illustrating the main steps of the pipeline to create the micro-FE models from the micro-CT images and to evaluate the apparent mechanical pro

Research reveals dramatic implications with using the tibia loading model to treat osteoporosis

FEBRUARY 14, 2024byUniversity of SheffieldFlowchart illustrating the main steps of the pipeline to create the micro-FE models from the micro-CT images and to evaluate the apparent mechanical pro
New evidence-based guideline for the management of osteoporosis in men

New evidence-based guideline for the management of osteoporosis in men

byInternational Osteoporosis FoundationImprovements in BMD with anti-osteoporosis medications. The figure provides a representation of the percentage improvement of total hip bone mineral densit

New evidence-based guideline for the management of osteoporosis in men

byInternational Osteoporosis FoundationImprovements in BMD with anti-osteoporosis medications. The figure provides a representation of the percentage improvement of total hip bone mineral densit
Inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation points to new potential treatment for an intractable genetic disease

Inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation points to new potential treatment for an intractable genetic disease

byKyoto UniversityInhibition of injury-induced chondrogenesis and heterotopic ossification by IACS. A, Gene set for chondrogenic differentiation. B, Chondrogenic differentiation 7 days after pin

Inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation points to new potential treatment for an intractable genetic disease

byKyoto UniversityInhibition of injury-induced chondrogenesis and heterotopic ossification by IACS. A, Gene set for chondrogenic differentiation. B, Chondrogenic differentiation 7 days after pin
Opto-RANK: A light switch for osteoclasts that could activate bone repair

Opto-RANK: A light switch for osteoclasts that could activate bone repair

byTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityA representative micrograph of osteoclast differentiation and activity in response to irradiation with blue light. Numerous small pits formed on the bone-lik

Opto-RANK: A light switch for osteoclasts that could activate bone repair

byTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityA representative micrograph of osteoclast differentiation and activity in response to irradiation with blue light. Numerous small pits formed on the bone-lik
Pioneering muscle monitoring in space to help astronauts stay strong in low gravity

Pioneering muscle monitoring in space to help astronauts stay strong in low gravity

byUniversity of SouthamptonNASA astronaut using the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) onboard the ISS. Credit: NASAAstronauts have been able to track their muscle health in spaceflight f

Pioneering muscle monitoring in space to help astronauts stay strong in low gravity

byUniversity of SouthamptonNASA astronaut using the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) onboard the ISS. Credit: NASAAstronauts have been able to track their muscle health in spaceflight f