The use of hip arthroscopy, as a surgical technique, has increased significantly over the past ten years.The procedure has shown good and excellent results in symptom relief and function improvement for patients ...

Background The purpose of this study is to determine if patients with osteoarthritis that undergo hip or knee arthroplasty jeopardize their life expectancy in Chile. Methods A survival analysis study was designed ...

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the difference in isokinetic strength of hip muscles between patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and matched healthy controls, and to establish the correlation between this isokinetic strength ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common painful inflammatory condition occurring mainly in the later half of life. Hipe and knee are the joints mostly affected. Petiveria alliacea (tipi) popularly known as an anti-rheumatic medicine, ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the effect of a mesotherapy protocol in dogs with osteoarthritis. ANIMALS 30 dogs. PROCEDURES Dogs were randomly assigned to a control (CG; n = 10) or a mesotherapy group (MG; 20). CG received meloxicam ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the intra-articular (IA) injection of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) to the management of chronic pain in dogs. In a randomized, controlled, double-blinded ...

Background Health coaching aims to empower people to reach their goals and is increasingly used in health care settings. Whether health coaching improves pain and disability for people with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) ...

The aim of the present study was to assess the first experience with outpatient total hip arthroplasty (THA) in a public health environment in Chile. Prospective series of the first 69 patients/72 hips. Surgery was ...