Wearables and Behaviour Change Work Best: Physical Activity Interventions After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Improve Steps but Not Sedentary Time
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Wearables and Behaviour Change Work Best: Physical Activity Interventions After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Improve Steps but Not Sedentary Time

A meta-analysis of 23 RCTs (n≈1,265) found small but reliable increases in physical activity after hip or knee arthroplasty, driven by step-count gains and greater effects when interventions used wearable activity trackers, behaviour-change techniques, and were started early; effects on sedentary behaviour were uncertain.
Two-thirds of ACL-injured Patients Avoid Surgery at 2 Years: Nationwide Registry Shows Rehab-first Strategy Often Works but Younger, Pivoting-sport Athletes and Meniscal Tears Predict Delayed Reconstruction
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Two-thirds of ACL-injured Patients Avoid Surgery at 2 Years: Nationwide Registry Shows Rehab-first Strategy Often Works but Younger, Pivoting-sport Athletes and Meniscal Tears Predict Delayed Reconstruction

A Norwegian registry study reports that 63% of patients with primary ACL injury initially managed non‑operatively remained non‑operative at two years; younger age, participation in pivoting sports and baseline meniscal injury increased risk of delayed ACL reconstruction, while 2‑year KOOS scores were similar.