https://www.medtechpulse.com/article/infographic/25-orthopedics-startups-to-watch-in-2022
When industry experts discuss the most promising innovation in the context of MedTech, they often refer to trends such as telemedicine, or wearable health-tracking—which we report on regularly in The Decentralization of Healthcare.
One medical discipline that only rarely comes to mind when we think of digital innovation is orthopedics. Orthopedics, which refers to the care of the musculoskeletal system—meaning the skeletal system and its interconnected muscles, bones, joints, ligaments, and tendons—is often overlooked in the context of innovation disrupting the medical sector. This is quite tragic, given the fact that orthopedic medical conditions are among the top contributors to chronic pain in adults. Take back pain as an example:
As of 2019, around 39% of adults above the age of 18 in the United States reported experiencing back pain in the last three months.
More than half of U.S. adults suffering from back pain have had the condition for five years or longer.
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Despite the relevance of back pain and other orthopedic conditions, there has been little talk of more innovati...
