People battling debilitating arthritis in the shoulder are finding relief thanks to a revolutionary 'backward' ball and socket joint replacement. Traditional shoulder replacements use a ball-shaped ...

You may have heard the term ball joint before and mistaken it for a ball and socket joint, which connects one bone to another. Ball joints on vehicles operate in much the same way, though. They ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on "The Treatment of Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis." This major joint in the ...

Ball and socket joints are useful, but making a part slide over the surface of a sphere, held by magnets, requires a lot of fiddling to get right. We admire persistence and nailing all the details.