Publications by authors named "Christopher W Urbanek"
Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common, progressively debilitating joint disease, and the intra-articular injection of autologous bone marrow concentrate (BMC) may offer a minimally invasive method of harnessing the body's own connective tissue progenitor cells to counteract accompanying degenerative effects of the disease. However, the extent to which the progenitor cell content of BMC influences treatment outcomes is unclear. We sought to determine whether patient-reported outcome measures associated with BMC treatment for knee OA are related to the concentration of progenitor cells provided.
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- Primary care physicians play a crucial role in providing musculoskeletal (MSK) care, but there's limited information on the injection practices of family medicine residents (FMRs), especially those following a sports medicine (SM) track.
- This study analyzed data from PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents comparing the volume of MSK injections performed by SM track residents (SMRs) versus traditional FMRs (non-SMRs) from 2018-2021.
- Findings indicated that SMRs performed significantly more MSK injections per patient than non-SMRs, particularly in their third year, suggesting that participation in an SM track enhances procedural experience.