Musculoskeletal Current Awareness February 2012

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Current Awareness Bulletin

Musculoskeletal

February 2012

1. New and Updated Cochrane Systematic Reviews:

For the full text of the Cochrane Systematic Reviews please click on the title. We have included the Author’s Conclusion so you can speedily see if a therapy change is indicated. Author’s Conclusions are taken directly from the Cochrane Website  and represent the work of the author.

1) Continuous passive motion for preventing venous thromboembolism after total knee arthroplasty

Author’s conclusions: There is not enough evidence from the available RCTs to conclude that CPM reduces VTE after TKA. We cannot assess the effect of CPM on death because no such events occurred amongst the participants of these trials.

He ML, Xiao ZM, Lei M, Li TS, Wu H, Liao J. Continuous passive motion for preventing venous thromboembolism after total knee arthroplasty. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 1.

2) Manipulative interventions for reducing pulled elbow in young children

Author’s conclusions: There is limited evidence from four small low-quality trials that the pronation method might be more effective and less painful than the supination method for manipulating pulled elbow in young children. We recommend that a high quality randomised trial be performed to strengthen the evidence.

Krul M, van der Wouden JC, van Suijlekom-Smit LWA, Koes BW. Manipulative interventions for reducing pulled elbow in young children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 1.

2. NICE Guidance:

There were no new NICE guidelines published for Musculoskeletal this issue.

3. Systematic Reviews:

For abstracts of the reviews below please click on the titles. There may be a link to full text in the top right hand corner of the webpage. You may have to log in using your NHS Athens username and password, if you don’t have one go to Register for Athens and register for free.

If full text is not available then please contact us to request a copy. This is a free service but you will need to complete our Article Request Form. Or you may email us directly quoting the number(s) of the articles you would like.    

3) What is the best femoral fixation of hamstring autografts in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction? a meta-analysis

4) Clinical results of arthroscopic single-bundle transtibial posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review

5) Systematic review of flexor tendon rehabilitation protocols in zone II of the hand

6) The use of the Tegner activity scale for articular cartilage repair of the knee: a systematic review

7) Failures, re‐operations, and complications after autologous chondrocyte implantation: a systematic review

4. Economic Evaluations:

For abstracts of the economic evaluations below please click on the titles. There may be a link to full text in the top right hand corner of the webpage. You may have to log in using your NHS Athens username and password, if you don’t have one go to Register for Athens and register for free.

If full text is not available then please contact us to request a copy. This is a free service but you will need to complete our Article Request Form. Or you may email us directly quoting the number(s) of the articles you would like.      

8) Nurse case-manager vs multifaceted intervention to improve quality of osteoporosis care after wrist fracture: randomized controlled pilot study

9) Cost effectiveness of secondary vs tertiary prevention for post-menopausal osteoporosis

10) Fracture liaison services for the evaluation and management of patients with osteoporotic fracture: a cost-effectiveness evaluation based on data collected over 8 years of service provision

5. Other relevant articles:

For abstracts of the articles below please click on the titles. There may be a link to full text in the top right hand corner of the webpage. You may have to log in using your NHS Athens username and password, if you don’t have one go to Register for Athens and register for free.

If full text is not available then please contact us to request a copy. This is a free service but you will need to complete our Article Request Form. Or you may email us directly quoting the number(s) of the articles you would like.      

11) Cost-effectiveness of balloon kyphoplasty versus standard medical treatment in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: a Swedish multicenter randomized controlled trial with 2-year follow-up

12) A population-based comparison of the incidence of adverse outcomes after simultaneous-bilateral and staged-bilateral total knee arthroplasty

13) A prospective randomized trial comparing nonoperative treatment with volar locking plate fixation for displaced and unstable distal radial fractures in patients sixty-five years of age and older

14) A prospective, randomized evaluation of acellular human dermal matrix augmentation for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

15) Accelerated versus nonaccelerated rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective, randomized, double-blind investigation evaluating knee joint laxity using roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis

16) Incisional negative pressure wound therapy after high-risk lower extremity fractures

17) Clinical outcome and imaging of arthroscopic single-row and double-row rotator cuff repair: a prospective randomized trial

18) A comparison of 2 repair techniques for partial-thickness articular-sided rotator cuff tears

19) Comparative assessment of implantable hip devices with different bearing surfaces: systematic appraisal of evidence

20) Randomized trial of computer-assisted knee arthroplasty: impact on clinical and radiographic outcomes

21) Three-dimensional component alignment and functional outcome in computer-navigated total knee arthroplasty a prospective, randomized study comparing two navigation systems

22) Simultaneous cemented and cementless total knee replacement in the same patients: a prospective comparison of long-term outcomes using an identical design of NexGen prosthesis

6. Latest News:

23) NICE opens up access to The Lancet
NICE have announced a three-year agreement which will provide all NHS staff who have an Athens password access to the latest online copies of the Lancet, as well as back copies from the last four years. The move will save the NHS time and money as NHS organisations, and individual members of staff, will no longer need to take out their own subscriptions to the online and paper versions of the journal.

7. NHS Behind the Headlines:

Looking at the evidence behind the latest health news stories. Please click on title to view:

24) PPI heartburn drugs 'up hip fracture risk in smokers'

25) 'Toxic' hip replacement fears

8. Latest Journal Table of Contents:

If you would like full text of any of the articles listed in the below journals then please contact us to request a copy. This is a free service but you will need to complete our Article Request Form. Or you may email us directly quoting the number(s) of the articles you would like.      

26) Archives of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery

27) BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

28) Current Orthopaedic Practice

29) International Journal Of Orthopaedic And Trauma Nursing

30) Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation

31) Journal of Orthopaedic Research

32) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

33) Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

34) Musculoskeletal Care

35) Musculoskeletal surgery

36) Orthopaedic Nursing

For more information please contact the Musculoskeletal Clinical Librarian: Pip Divall

Education Centre Library Leicester General Hospital, LE5 4PW

Telephone: 0116 2588124 Email: pip.divall@uhl-tr.nhs.uk http://www.uhl-library.nhs.uk/cl_pipdivall.html

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