Sports Medicine News

Presented results showed foot and ankle injuries in pickleball had a 6.5-fold increase from 2019 to 2023, with Achilles tendon rupture being the most common diagnosis.

Published results showed autologous bone marrow aspirate concentrate injections may not provide benefit as an adjuvant for patients with meniscal tears and concomitant knee osteoarthritis who undergo arthroscopic partial meniscectomy.

According to published results, thick-shell sulcus-deepening trochleoplasty may yield clinical improvements and high satisfaction for skeletally immature patients with patellar instability and open distal femoral physes.

Published results showed female physicians may be underrepresented as head team physicians for NCAA programs compared with male physicians.

We are all called to make innumerable decisions every day, especially in surgery. Trouble is, many of us decide courses of actions in haste or amidst fear, fatigue or brain fog.

According to results published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, isokinetic strength testing may predict return to sport outcomes for athletes who undergo a Latarjet procedure for glenohumeral instability.

According to published results, patients with high ankle sprains without diastasis who were treated with nonoperative management yielded acceptable long-term outcomes with low rates of subsequent ankle injuries.

According to published results, patients with PCL injuries resulting from high-energy trauma, such as car accidents or falls from height, may have additional knee injuries and be at increased risk for complications.

Published results showed patients who underwent ACL reconstruction with a hamstring tendon graft had decreased knee flexion strength compared with patients who received a patellar tendon graft at long-term follow-up.

New awareness of 3D imaging of the patellofemoral joint is adding further objectivity to our analysis.