Sports Medicine News

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently announced that its board of directors has approved appropriate use criteria for ACL injury prevention programs and treatment, and released rehabilitation and function checklists.

A recent survey of 1,000 adults in the United States, conducted by KRC Research in partnership with Abbott, revealed 80% of adults cannot identify the most common concussion symptoms.

According to recently published data, hip internal rotation during skating deceleration is likely the cause of femoroacetabular impingement being more common in ice hockey goaltenders than other athletes.

LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom — At the start of his career, W. Angus Wallace, MB ChB, FRCS(Ed & Eng), FRCSEd(Orth), FFSEM(UK), FHKCOS(Hon) FMOT(Hon), used a Weaver-Dunn procedure for chronic and acute acromioclavicular joint stabilization. But, during his Sir Walter Mercer Lecture at the British Orthopaedic Association, here, he said a technique he now uses that involves a device he co-invented produces a stronger construct postoperatively and patients only need to wear a sling 2 weeks after treatment.

LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom — Investigators who studied outcomes following ACL reconstruction said they believe patients’ pre-injury status has been overlooked in determining postoperative results.

Baseball is our American pastime and it has always been expected to be a safe and healthy sport. However since 2000, there has been a five- to seven-fold increase in youth baseball injuries. Injuries now have approached epidemic proportions. Moreover, many of the arm injuries of professional baseball pitchers have been documented to have had their origins at the youth level.

Investigators found significant improvements in all clinical scores from preoperative values to 2-year follow-up in patients who received a lateral Collagen Meniscus Implant for the treatment of irreparable lateral meniscus tears or partial lateral meniscal defects and linked high BMI, chronic injuries and concomitant surgery with worse results; however, investigators noted results gradually improved during the follow-up.

The ACL Injury Risk Estimation Quiz is an efficient approach for evaluating individual differences for estimating ACL injury risk factors, according to study results.

Researchers who conducted this study found greater knee movement asymmetries in the sagittal plane in patients with low quadriceps strength compared to patients with high or moderate quadriceps strength.

Among recreational athletes aged 70 years and older, researchers of this study found arthroscopic rotator cuff repair effectively reduced pain, improved function and returned patients to sport.