This content is machine translated Age and physical performance Those who move stay fit – even in old age In sports terms, aging can be described as the sum of all biological, psychological, and social changes that lead to a gradual decline in the individual’s psychophysical ability to adapt…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Sport in old age Positive correlation between physical and mental fitness Training stimuli trigger adaptations in the organism, regardless of age. The human organism is characterized by high plasticity and adaptability throughout the life span. As we age, declining hormone levels…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated SGIM Annual Meeting 2013 Osteoporosis – Diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations With regard to osteoporotic fractures, Switzerland is one of the high-risk countries together with Sweden and the USA. A 50-year-old Swiss woman has a 51.3% risk of suffering an osteoporotic…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic non-specific back pain Interdisciplinary therapy brings the desired success Basically, nonspecific back pain is a benign condition, but it is very common in industrialized countries and thus has a major socioeconomic impact. The basic pillars of diagnostics are a…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Interview on the new book of the Swiss Rheumatism League Actively tackle rheumatic pain Many rheumatism patients face pain in recurrent episodes, others daily. And some even develop a chronic pain disorder in its own right. In the newly published book of the Rheumaliga…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Chronic back and neck pain Successful pain relief through radio frequency The musculoskeletal system is the most common source of chronic pain; degenerative wear and tear is the primary cause. If physiotherapy, massage and the whole range of conservative measures show…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Minimally invasive nail surgery Pro nail plate preservation, contra extraction and wedge excision Both most patients and many doctors are uncomfortable with surgical procedures on the nail because they fear – not without good reason – pain and postoperative dystrophy. There are a…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Pediatric orthopedic and surgical cases What you encounter in practice In the current issue of HAUSARZT PRAXIS you will find two contributions from the field of pediatric orthopedics/pediatric surgery as CME certified continuing education. Pediatricians and family physicians frequently see…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Motion analysis in pediatric orthopedics Use and application of instrumental 3D gait analysis Instrumental 3D gait analysis allows simultaneous measurement of kinematics, kinetics and electromyography (EMG), providing additional information to conventional diagnostic methods. This allows complex (neuro-)orthopedic and neurological disease patterns to be…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Therapy of chronic non-specific back pain You can only reach your destination multimodally If back pain becomes chronic, this results not only in direct costs (consultations, diagnostics, therapy) but also in high indirect costs (lost working hours, strain on the social system). According…
