Objectives: Patients with Medicaid compared with private insurance have increased difficulty gaining access to orthopedic care. How insurance status affects access to care for young athletes (football; from here, all "young athletes" are football players) with hip labrum tears has yet to be assessed. The purpose of this study was...
Objective: Cannabis use is increasing among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases, often for symptom relief; however, its impact on disease activity remains unclear. This pilot study assessed whether cannabis use was associated with differences in flare frequency or duration among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or...
Objectives: Hand maneuvers commonly used to clinically diagnose De Quervain tenosynovitis (DQT) possess differing intrinsic levels of discomfort. We hypothesized that assessing the degree of pain would better differentiate replication of condition-related pain than a binary “yes or no” assessment, and we hope to use these data to establish thresholds...
Objectives: There has been growing evidence that insurance status is a major indicator of postoperative outcomes, which has been extensively reported in orthopedic procedures such as shoulder and knee arthroplasty. Patients with Medicaid public insurance had increased complications, longer lengths of stay, and increased costs compared with patients who had...
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the health literacy and quality of information on online Web sites about osteoporosis using the suitability assessment of materials (SAM) method. Methods: The search terms “osteoporosis” and “weak bones” were entered separately into three different search engines: Google, Bing, and Yahoo....
Clinically significant fatigue occurs in nearly half of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.1,2 Prior clinical practice guidelines highlight fatigue as essential in defining remission of several inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (I-RMDs).
Objectives: We aimed to study the impact of gout as a correlative risk factor in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among patients without known MI risk factors. Our study population was obtained from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2011–2018 using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth...
Objectives: Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) is considered a rare inflammatory rheumatologic disorder that is seen primarily in older adult men. Patients present with arthralgias of large joints accompanied by painful pitting edema of the hands and feet. Few studies have reported the prevalence of metabolic syndromes,...
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex disease that affects 2% of the US population.1 The etiology and pathophysiology of FM are largely unknown2,3; however, genetic factors, infections, and physical or emotional events are known aggravating factors. Patients with FM typically report muscle pain and tenderness, most commonly in the upper mid-trapezius...
Objectives: Sling immobilization is commonly used following rotator cuff repair. The purpose of this study was to determine the detrimental impact of sling usage on mobility and balance in an older adult population through validated gait and balance testing. The authors hypothesize that sling use will negatively affect balance and...
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