The 8th Annual Bath Biomechanics Symposium:
Early Intervention: Reducing healthcare costs in the long term?

Monday 17th September 2012

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The changing demographics of patients associated with increasing lifespans, more active lifestyles, and higher expectations, are placing unsustainable demands on healthcare resources. Early diagnosis and intervention for musculo-skeletal disorders may facilitate significant savings in healthcare delivery in the long term. Too often, current treatment is for end-stage disease, resulting in expensive surgery and poor clinical outcomes.

Treatments of early-stage disease include interventions such as re-alignment osteotomies, partial knee replacements, arthroscopic procedures, tissue engineering approaches, and recent advances in total joint replacements. These can enhance quality of life, and slow down or even prevent disease progression. Early diagnosis is a necessary prerequisite to early intervention, and advances in modern imaging and patient functional assessment technologies can provide valuable guidance to appropriate treatment.

Papers are invited from researchers and clinicians who have experience in any of these areas.

The Bath Biomechanics Symposium is a one-day meeting hosted by The Centre for Orthopaedic Biomechanics at the University of Bath. The program will include an opportunity to view the latest work being undertaken at our diverse research centre.