HTO Slows OA Progression
BJI Members running a London Health Sciences Center Research Institute (LHSCRI) clinical trial found that high tibial osteotomy surgery proves effective in slowing the progression of knee osteoarthritis, and improved pain and function over a 2 year follow-up in patients with medial compartment knee OA.
"Our study shows that changing how the knee bears load during walking can improve the natural course of osteoarthritis—a first for the field," says BJI member Dr. Trevor Birmingham, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation in Western's Faculty of Health Sciences and Co-Director of the Wolf Orthopaedic Biomechanics Lab at Western and the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic.
These findings have been cited across several news outlets.
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute
