Mar 08, 2010
Electromagnetic Treatment Promising for Knee Osteoarthritis:
New treatment offers pulses to reduce pain and proves promising among study participants.
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Feb 17, 2010
New Protocol for Pain Management During and After Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery:
Several options are now available for coping with pain associated with knee and hip replacement.
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Jan 25, 2010
Natural Grass Produces Least Strain on ACL:
Researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have determined that athletes wearing cleats experience the least strain on their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on a natural grass surface, as compared to three other shoe-surface interactions.
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Jan 05, 2010
University of Pittsburgh Doctor Hoping to Halt Arthritis:
Dr. Constance Chu, director of the Cartilage Restoration Center at the University of Pittsburgh, is testing a new procedure on retired race and rodeo horses. Doctors have succeeded in generating tissue in labs, but have not yet developed a technique to grow the tissue on a human joint. Tissue grown on a human would likely function as natural cartilage does. The hope of the experiment is to develop a technique more effective than microfracture surgery – the most common cartilage regeneration method currently used in the United States.
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Dec 23, 2009
NFL Donates $120,00 to University of Missouri for Meniscal Diagnostic Research:
Currently, diagnosing injuries to the meniscus is both expensive and time consuming for both the patient and doctor. It typically involves either arthroscopy or an magnetic resonance imagery scan. The research at UM will focus on developing minimally invasive procedures to quickly diagnose damage to the meniscus, the soft tissue in the knee that regulates balance and weight distribution.
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Dec 21, 2009
Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio Brings MAKOplasty to San Antonio:
Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio today announced it has brought MAKOplasty®, a minimally invasive orthopedic knee procedure, to San Antonio...
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Dec 04, 2009
High Levels of Exercise Linked to Knee Damage:
Middle-aged men and women who engage in high levels of physical activity may be unknowingly causing damage to their knees and increasing their risk for osteoarthritis, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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Nov 20, 2009
Researchers Explore New Target for Osteoarthritis Treatments:
Researchers at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have found a pharmacological approach to treating osteoarthritis. The study is published in the Nov. 15 advance online edition of Nature Medicine.
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Nov 13, 2009
Virtual Rehabilitation System Improves Therapeutic Output and Patient Compliance:
Recently, health care facilities have begun to incorporate virtual rehabilitation systems into traditional therapy methods to help patients regain function. These systems have been shown to both provide physical therapists with quantitative data, as well as improve patients’ balance, coordination, muscle strength and range of motion.
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Oct 20, 2009
Knee Injuries, Fatigue and the Brain:
In the past few years, we have seen an increase in the number of studies being conducted to better understand and prevent ACL tears. Recently, the role of fatigue in knee injuries has emerged as a possible causal factor. The study of the relationship between fatigue and ACL injuries has gained momentum as epidemiologic data gathered from a number of different sports has shown that during the off-season, injuries are more likely to occur during the first few practices, whereas during the season, injuries occur more towards the later moments of a game.
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Oct 13, 2009
Controversy Envelopes Menaflex Meniscal Repair Device:
The Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering the safety of Menaflex, a collagen implant used for meniscus repair, after finding its approval process was tainted by outside political pressure.
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Sep 25, 2009
Study Finds Link Between Injuries and ACL Size:
People with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are more likely to have a smaller ligament than people who have never injured their knee, according to a new study published in the Journal of Sports Medicine.
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