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Investigating the Minimum Number of Needling Required to Optimize Trigger Point Injections Outcome
Myofascial pain is a common condition in which patients may experience severe chronic pain. The source of this pain is typically the soft tissue. Current methods to address myofascial pain include a procedure called Trigger point Injections. This method involves identifying the areas of muscles that are causing the pain. The most common way to perform trigger point injection involves infiltrating the muscle with local anesthetics and then repeatedly passing the numbing needle in and out of the muscles (needling). This procedure is successful for most patients. However, there is great variability in the way needling is done. Some pain ...
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Joint Microbiome Study for the Knee
Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication following arthroplasty. An utmost effort has been done to clarify risk factors and microbiology of PJI. We now know the most frequent infecting microorganisms are members of the skin microbiome. These microorganisms are thought to get into the joint and infect the prosthesis during the peri-operative and/or post-operative period. Nevertheless, recent studies have suggested, bacteria may be present in the joint even before the first incision, suggesting the existence of a joint microbiome. Therefore, we aimed to determine the bacterial composition from different knee...
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Journey™ UNI Post Market Clinical Follow-Up
This is a retrospective/prospective, open-label single cohort, multicenter study to collect relevant clinical data from 147 subjects with unicompartmental degeneration of the knee in whom the Journey UNI UKS was previously implanted.
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Knee Steroid Injection and Blood Sugar Signatur
A prospective, observational study assessing the relationship between HbA1c level and the post-injection blood glucose signature. Participants will be non-diabetic, pre-diabetic, non-insulin dependent and insulin dependent type 2 diabetic patients who will be receiving a knee steroid injection. All of them will be consented a week prior to the injection, when the CGM sensor will be applied to the back of the upper arm. This will be removed a week after the injection. KOOS survey as well as VAS will be administered. Adverse events (e.g., change in medication or hospitalization) will be monitored throughout the study.
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Local Anesthetic Response in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Healthy Volunteers
Local anesthetic resistance is commonly reported by patients with EDS. However, there are no objective data on the occurrence of local anesthetic resistance in EDS patients and in healthy volunteers. We propose to collect such objective data on the frequency of drug resistance and whether any problems with local anesthesia are due to initial ineffectiveness or due to its effects dissipating too soon.
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Long-term Assessment of the Safety and Performance of the NuVasive Simplify Disc
A prospective, multicenter post-market clinical follow-up study to evaluate the 10-year long-term safety and effectiveness of the Simplify Disc in subjects who were enrolled in the post approval study (NCT04630626).
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Lumbar Interbody Implant Study
The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and performance of NuVasive interbody implants when used during thoracic and/or lumbar spine surgery as measured by reported complications, radiographic outcomes, and patient-reported outcomes. This study is being undertaken to identify possible residual risks and to clarify mid- to long-term clinical performance that may affect the benefit/risk ratios of these interbody implants.
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Lyme Disease Diagnostic Assay - Collection of Whole Blood
The primary objective is to obtain whole blood from subjects with an established diagnosis of early Borrelisois expressing with EM rash. Whole blood will also be obtained from subjects without EM rash but with signs and symptoms consistent with suspicion of acute Borreliosis and under medical examination for Lyme disease. In addition, whole blood will be obtained from apparently healthy subjects residing in areas endemic to Lyme disease and apparently healthy subjects residing in areas non-endemic to Lyme disease.
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MDR - Comprehensive Primary/Micro Stem & Versa-Dial Ti Humeral Head
The objective of this retrospective enrollment/prospective follow-up consecutive series PMCF study is to collect data confirming safety, performance and clinical benefits of the Comprehensive Primary Micro Stem and Comprehensive Anatomic Versa-Dial Titanium Humeral Heads when used for primary and revision total shoulder arthroplasty (implants and instrumentation) at 1,3,5,7 and 10 years*. Comprehensive Primary Micro Stem and Comprehensive Anatomic Versa-Dial Titanium Humeral Heads have been on the market since 2007, but have insufficient data to support 10 years of clinical history. Therefore, a prospective aspect to the study will...
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MDR - Comprehensive Reverse/Versa Dial Ti Glenosphere
The objective of this retrospective/prospective consecutive series PMCF study is to collect data confirming safety, performance and clinical benefits of the Comprehensive Versa-Dial Reverse Ti Glenosphere when used for primary total shoulder arthroplasty, fractures and revision total shoulder arthroplasty (implants and instrumentation) at a 1,2,3,5,7 and 10-year follow-up* to meet EU Medical Device and other regulatory requirements for post market surveillance. Because Comprehensive Reverse Ti Glenospheres have only been on the market since 2009, a prospective aspect to the study will be utilized as well in order to collect long-term...
