Posts Tagged: Bone and Joint Institute
No pain, no gain for knee osteoarthritis
December 3, 2020
In the late 1970s, Jamie O’Donnell deked and dangled on the ice for the Mitchell Hawks. Big goals, big games:…
New discovery from Bone and Joint Institute unlocks mysteries of common spine disease
March 7, 2019
An interdisciplinary team of scientists and medical practitioners from Western University’s Bone and Joint Institute have made a major breakthrough…
New self-powered, smart implant may greatly reduce knee replacement surgeries
January 31, 2019
Knee replacement surgery is one of the world’s most common orthopedic procedures, but the implants don’t last forever. They can…
Researchers shed new insights into fate of Franklin Expedition
August 23, 2018
A team of academic researchers from MacEwan University in Edmonton, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Western University in London, University…
Micro-CT scans show 2,100-year-old ‘hawk’ mummy a stillborn baby
May 31, 2018
A tiny Egyptian mummy long believed to be that of a hawk is actually a rare example of a near-to-term,…
New wearable tech from Western may hold big benefits for people with Parkinson’s
March 2, 2018
A new prototype for wearable tremor suppression gloves has a team of Western University researchers believing real change is on…
Top scientists headline conference with goal of inspiring young women in STEM
February 27, 2018
Emily Lalone is a rising star at Western University and the lifelong mobility expert will share her personal journey of…
Persistent firefighters’ injuries make them ‘working wounded’
February 16, 2018
The longer a firefighter’s career, the greater the chances of suffering from persistent neck, back and limb pain, research co-authored…
Bone and Joint expert finds physiotherapy moves Canada during cross-country investigation
February 7, 2018
Dave Walton, considered one of Canada’s foremost authorities on musculoskeletal trauma and rehabilitation, traveled more than 12,000 kilometres this past…
Western Bone & Joint researchers receive two Arthritis Society Grants
December 18, 2017
Western University researchers who are part of the interdisciplinary Bone and Joint Institute have been awarded two major Arthritis Society…