SAN DIEGO—During his first deployment as part of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Dana Covey, MD, noticed a gap between the injuries that were occurring on the battlefield and the ones that forward surgical teams were most equipped to handle.
VA Chiropractic Care Shows Dramatic Increase
WEST HAVEN, CT—Use of chiropractic services at the VA rose by more than 800% between 2004 and 2015, at least partly because of the high rate of musculoskeletal injuries in recent conflicts, according to a new study.Research published in the Journal of Manipulative and...
Military Knee Injuries Could Be Linked to Hip, Thigh Strength
TULSA, OK—Knee overuse injuries are the most common musculoskeletal complaints in military trainees and are common in active-duty warfighters, according to a new study which suggested a possible link between lower hip and thigh strength and knee overuse injuries.While...
Recent Servicemembers Have More Severe Orthopedic Injuries
EL PASO, TX—Of the around 60,000 U.S. military servicemembers injured in combat during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, 40% have suffered fractures, traumatic amputations and injuries to the spine.With about 64% percent of those with combat-related bone and joint...
Most Army Special Forces Musculoskeletal Injuries Preventable
PITTSBURGH - A significant proportion of injuries among Special Operations Forces (SOF) in the Army can be classified as preventable and may be mitigated with human performance programs, according to a study. The study, published recently in Military Medicine, noted...
Study Finds No Link Between Bisphosphonate Use and Fractures
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Long-term use of bisphosphonates have been associated in some research with subtrochanteric femoral shaft fractures after little or no trauma, but new research looking at VA data did not replicate that effect. In fact, the study published recently in...
Preoperative Opioid Use Predicts Post-Surgical Chronic Pain
SEATTLE - The most important predictor of chronic postoperative pain after elective knee arthroscopy is preoperative opioid use, according to a single-center retrospective study. Background information in the study, published recently in the journal Anesthesia &...
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