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Using a wearable robot such as the hybrid assistive limb (HAL) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) facilitates postsurgical training, leading to improvements in mobility of the knee and hip joints, according to a recent study. The wearable device likewise assists in the rehabilitation of walking ability, particularly of step length.

Interdisciplinary treatment for chronic pain lowers the rate of related sickness absences from work, a recent study has found. A history of such absences is the strongest predictor for the future need to skip work due to chronic pain-related symptoms.

About one-third of amateur and recreational athletes in Singapore are at potential risk of low energy availability (LEA), as reported in a local study. The prevalence does not differ by athlete type, sport type, or whether the athletes train with a coach, demonstrating a high pervasiveness of LEA in this population.

A recent study has shown the safety and feasibility of routine outpatient administration of dose-adjusted etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin (EPOCH), with a positive annual impact on margin amounting to $1,444,548 at a comprehensive cancer centre.

Overall survival (OS) is similar between patients with and without renal insufficiency who have been treated with erlotinib, reports a study. Progression-free survival (PFS) is about 6 months shorter in PFS patients with classical mutation relative to those with RI, albeit statistically nonsignificant.