Musculoskeletal Healthcare Disparities Research Symposium

Workshop held in May 2010, manuscripts published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® (CORR) in July 2011

Issue Table of Contents

Editorial Comment – A Call to Arms – Eliminating Musculoskeletal Healthcare Disparities

Keynote Address – The Need for Greater Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Orthopaedic Surgery

Culturally Competent Care Pedagogy – What Works

Defining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in THA and TKA

Examining Sex and Gender Disparities in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Patient Gender Affects the Referral and Recommendation for Total Joint Arthroplasty

Ethnic and Racial Factors Influencing Well-being, Perceived Pain, and Physical Function After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty

Implant Survival, Knee Function, and Pain Relief After TKA – Are There Differences Between Men and Women

Do We Need Gender-specific Total Joint Arthroplasty

Defining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pain Management

Defining Gender Disparities in Pain Management

Breakout Session – Diversity, Cultural Competence, and Patient Trust

Breakout Session – Gender Disparities in Knee Osteoarthritis and TKA

Breakout Session – Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Joint Arthroplasty

Defining Ethnic and Racial Differences in Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures

Gender Differences in Osteoporosis and Fractures

Sex and Gender Considerations in Male Patients with Osteoporosis

Gender and Race-Ethnicity Differences in Hip Fracture Incidence, Morbidity, Mortality, and Function

Does a Multidisciplinary Team Decrease Complications in Male Patients with Hip Fractures

Optimizing Screening for Osteoporosis in Patients with Fragility Hip Fracture

Minimizing Disparities in Osteoporosis Care of Minorities with an Electronic Medical Record Care Plan

Breakout Session – Sex-Gender and Racial-Ethnic Disparities in the Care of Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures

Disparities in Amputations in Minorities

Gender Differences in Diabetes-related Lower Extremity Amputations

Mortality in Female War Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom

Breakout Session – Gender and Ethnic Disparities in Pain Management

Breakout Session – Ethnic and Gender Differences in Diabetic Foot Management and Amputations