Publications by authors named "Mark Hurworth"
Background: Lower limb muscle power is emerging as an important determinant of patient function after knee injury or surgery. This study tested proof of concept of a cycle sprint test for the evaluation of lower limb muscle power, as an outcome measure for patients having total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
Methods: Thirty-two patients were enrolled, of which 16 completed all follow-ups (3, 6, and 12 months).
Aims: The aim of this study was to conduct the largest low contact stress (LCS) retrieval study to elucidate the failure mechanisms of the Porocoat and Duofix femoral component. The latter design was voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer.
Materials And Methods: Uncemented LCS explants were divided into three groups: Duofix, Porocoat, and mixed.
Background: Psychologic factors are associated with pain and disability in patients with chronic shoulder pain. Recent research regarding the association of affective psychologic factors (emotions) with patients' pain and disability outcome after surgery disagrees; and the relationship between cognitive psychologic factors (thoughts and beliefs) and outcome after surgery is unknown.
Questions/purposes: (1) Are there identifiable clusters (based on psychologic functioning measures) in patients undergoing shoulder surgery? (2) Is poorer psychologic functioning associated with worse outcome (American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons [ASES] score) after shoulder surgery?
Methods: This prospective cohort study investigated patients undergoing shoulder surgery for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain or rotator cuff tear by one of six surgeons between January 2014 and July 2015.
Background: Clinical guidelines for the management of rotator cuff disease are not clear. Surgeon surveys in the USA and UK lack agreement regarding surgical indications. Physical examination tests aid surgical decision-making but also lack robust evidence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Increasing rates of surgery for rotator cuff disease have been reported in the past decade in a number of countries worldwide. Rising surgery rates do not correspond with equivalent increases in shoulder pain prevalence. The aims of the study were: to investigate trends in population-adjusted surgical rates for rotator cuff disease in Western Australia (WA) from 2001 to 2013; to compare population-adjusted arthroscopic surgical trends between (i) private versus public hospital setting; (ii) sex and (iii) different age groups; and to evaluate rising health care costs associated with arthroscopic surgical rates for rotator cuff disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of metallosis following a shoulder hemiarthroplasty with a humeral component resurfacing shoulder replacement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The reduced availability of human cadavers and their associated high costs, coupled with an increasing requirement for meeting continuing professional development targets, has accentuated the need for alternative training models that meet current ethical standards. The aim of this study is to identify suitable substitutes that are accessible and cost effective for use as training models for meniscal repairs and small joint arthroscopy.
Method: Ovine, bovine and porcine stifles were analysed for comparable anatomy to the human knee, arthroscopic access, arthroscopic view and ease of meniscal repair.
Background: Currently, there is a lack of cheap and effective training models to allow orthopaedic surgery trainees to learn the basics of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The aim of this paper was to investigate the viability of using various animal joints as models for the training of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Method: Equine stifles, bovine stifles and carpal joints, sheep stifles and porcine stifles, were sourced from a local abattoir.