Mutual of Omaha is providing its policyholders the Kaia Health digital MSK tool to increase access to musculoskeletal care for the senior population. Kaia Health announced its engagement with Mutual of Omaha and its affiliated companies to provide its policyholders...
Designed to address an “epidemic” of knee injuries in younger skeletally immature athletes, the device for ACL reconstruction in children was developed and adapted for use in this high-risk group of young athletes with the help of surgeons at Hospital for...
Senior women were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia if they did more daily walking and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, according to a new study led by the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at...
A physical therapy clinic in San Diego County has found success in using ZetrOZ Systems’ FDA-cleared Samx1 wireless device to treat sports injuries. Peak Performance Physical Therapy in Solana Beach, Calif, recently treated a...
New data from patients across North America has raised questions about the effectiveness of vertebral body tethering for scoliosis. The study, led by Lindsay Andras, MD, associate division chief and director of the Spine Program at the Jackie...
Running, both as a recreational activity and a form of exercise, has been shown to have many physical and mental health benefits. However, some individuals may develop an addiction to physical activity, known as exercise dependence, which can lead to negative health...
The final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule contained some good news around supervision in the use of remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) by PTAs by allowing less-burdensome general supervision of PTAs in rehab agencies, comprehensive outpatient rehab facilities,...
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have compared high-dose exercise therapy versus low-dose exercise therapy in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. The study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, shows that both groups had...
Scientists have discovered a method for synthesizing a molecule found in sea sponges that could be used as therapy for Parkinson’s disease. Chemists from the University of California Los Angeles have discovered a method for synthesizing a molecule found in sea sponges...
JLW Instruments has become an authorized distributor and exclusive calibration partner of the new Kinvent line of digital, wireless measuring devices. Kinvent dynamometers, movement and pressure sensors, and force plates quickly and accurately measure and report...
