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Current Projects in the Clinical Research Department
I. PATIENT SATISFACTION
As medicine becomes more patient-driven, patient satisfaction becomes even more important to measure. Assessing patient satisfaction is a major objective of follow-up data collection. Objective, condition-specific evaluations often fail to account for variations in patient satisfaction. It is our goal to determine what aspects of a patient’s overall outcome leads to a satisfactory experience.
Projects:
Patient Satisfaction After ACL Reconstruction
Published in Journal of Bone Joint Surgery, 2002
Patient Satisfaction After Rotator Cuff Surgery
Patient Satisfaction After Microfracture of the Degenerative Knee
Patient Satisfaction After Surgery for Shoulder Instability
II. OSTEOARTHRITIS
Arthritis will affect over 18 percent of all persons in the US in the year 2020. The various forms of arthritis currently affect
more than 15% of the population (over 43 million) and more that 20% of the adult population.(Healthy People 2010) Arthritis is
the leading cause of disability.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is among the most frequent and symptomatic medical problems for middle aged and older people. The number of people suffering from the disease is increasing as the average age of the population increases. Osteoarthritis has recently been listed at one of the top 10 most costly conditions in the United States, with an estimated annual cost of $16 billion and over 16 million adults in the United States affected in 1997.
Projects:
Microfracture for OA of the knee
High Tibial Osteotomies
Arthroscopic Treatment package for OA of the knee
Development of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis in the Chronic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficient Knee
Predictors of disability and decreased activity in patients with OA of the knee
Prevalance of OA of the shoulder in patients with Instability
Risk of OA in patients with instability of the shoulder
Degree of Anterior Instability and OA in the shoulder
Prevalance of OA of the shoulder in patient with rotator cuff pathology
III. INJURY TREATMENT TO MAINTAIN FUNCTION AND ACTIVITY
Projects:
Microfracture
Healing Response
Meniscal Repair
Treatment options for shoulder instability
Predictors of success following Subacromial Decompression
Clinical presentation and associated pathologies in patients with type III and IV SLAP lesions of the shoulder
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