The 6 Most Common Causes of Lower Leg Pain (and What You Can Do About It)

Microscopic tears of the muscle away from the lining of the bone causes the pain. Predisposing factors include overpronation and running on hard surfaces, and shin splints are more common in novice ...
BioSpace

Ultragenyx Loses $1B in Market Value as Bone Drug Fails To Reduce Fractures

With a pair of Phase III trial flops, Ultragenyx will explore cost reductions as analysts turn attention to an upcoming Angelman syndrome readout. Ultragenyx lost $1 billion in value after a genetic ...
GitHub

Bone-Fracture-Line-Detection-System

We have attempted to develop a Fracture Line Detection System using MATLAB and its Image Processing Toolbox. The system aims to assist radiologists by processing X-ray images to automatically ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Investigation of Bone Union at the Proximal Tibial Osteotomy Site in a Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Rat Model ()

1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan. 2 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan. 3 Department of ...
New Atlas

Turning fat cells into bone heals fractures and reverses frailty

Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone ...
Science Daily

Scientists turn body fat into bone to heal spinal fractures

Researchers in Osaka have found that stem cells from fat tissue can repair spinal fractures similar to those caused by osteoporosis. By turning these cells into bone-forming clusters and pairing them ...
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Recovering from a tibia fracture after snowboarding

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Frontiers

Characterization of human skeletal stem cells in closed and open tibia fractures: a single center pilot study

University of California Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sacramento, CA, United States Introduction: Tibial shaft fractures are the most common long bone fractures and carry a significant ...
SciELO

Comparison of External Circular Fixation and Plate and Screw Fixation Methods in Tibial Pilon Fractures

Objective To compare the fixation methods for tibial pilon fractures among patients treated in a hospital. Methods We analyzed the medical records of 28 patients who underwent a surgical procedure for ...
Frontiers

Global epidemiology, burden, and causes of lower extremity and pelvic fractures in the past 32 years

1 Department of Orthopaedics, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China 2 Department of Microbiological Testing, Nanning Municipal Center for Disease Control and ...
Medical Xpress

Study finds stopping HRT leads to a period of higher risk of bone fracture for most women

A new study has found that the bone fracture protection women get from menopausal hormone therapy (MHT, also known as HRT) disappears within a year of stopping treatment. In the new study, published ...