Joint Conference of BASEM and BASES

Abstract

There is little information that the orthopaedic surgeon can provide for patients concerned about the effect of a total hip arthroplasty (THA) operation on their ability to continue playing golf and at what level they can hope to play.We present the results of a study into the effect of THA for osteoarthritis on the golfing habits and performance of 750 patients. We sent 750 patients a questionnaire, which enquired about their participation in golf before and after the operation. We received 698 replies, 66 of which were from golfers.Harris hip scores are prospectively acquired before surgery and at regular intervals afterwards for all patients undergoing hip arthroplasty at our centre. Comparisons of hip scores for golfers were consistently higher than for non-golfers at all intervals.There was no statistically significant difference in the number of games played, maximum shot distance, shot accuracy, handicap, or ability to walk around the course after the operation.We conclude that THA does not have a detrimental effect on golf participation or performance. Aims: In Ireland, the demographics of sport related injury (SRI) in children has not adequately been described, as indicated by the paucity of publications in the medical literature, and the purpose of this study was to provide up-to-date data to correct this deficiency.Methods: Data were collected on all children under 17 years of age with a SRI, presenting to the emergency medicine department of a major teaching hospital, over a six month period. The data, which included sport, age, sex, cause, type, site, time of injury, and management, were entered into a database.Results: We analysed 23 000 records, and identified 1143 SRIs over a six month period, from 53 different sports. Our results indicate many statistical differences, some of which were previously unreported, including a high proportion of humerus (p = 0.03) and back (p = 0.01) SRIs in girls, a higher proportion of falls in girls (p = 0.0001) and interindividual collisions in boys (p = 0.0001), low usage of protective gear (6% of SRIs), infrequent advice on RICE/general injury (25% of SRIs) and injury preventive measures (<1% of SRIs), decreased analgesia prescription in children under age 5, and rarity of topical analgesic prescription (<1% of analgesics prescribed). Conclusions:The data provided may raise awareness of the different aspects of SRIs affecting children and may be important in formulating injury prevention strategies.003 A THREE MONTH HOME EXERCISE PROGRAMME Method: Patients presenting to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) between November 2001 and November 2002 with a diagnosis of AKP were allocated to a one week inpatient education and rehabilitation course. They were assessed for levels of pain intensity and effect using a visual analogue scale score, self reported disability using a Chesworth questionnaire, 1 and function with a figure of 8 test. They were prescribed a progressive exercise regimen including eccentric loading, postural stability, and flexibility e...

An exploratory double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled study to assess the efficacy of CitruSlim on body composition and lipid parameters in obese individuals

“…Despite the fact that treatment with Citrus bergamia extract in patients with dyslipidemia did not reduce BMI or BW after 12 weeks (Babish et al, 2016;Cai et al, 2017), its combination with Eurycoma longifolia has been suggested to improve BMI in obese patients. The bioactive fraction of peptides isolated from an aqueous extract of Eurycoma longifolia root (Sambandan, Rha, Aminudim, & J-M., 2006) has been reported to improve body composition, increase fat-free mass, reduce body fat, and increase muscle strength, and size compared to the placebo group in patients associated with intense strength training program (Hamzah, 2003). However, in the present trial, CitruSlim did not improve lean body mass, body fat percentage, and fat-free mass as measured by DXA during 112 days of treatment.…”