Sports Medicine News

LYON, France — A splint-based conservative treatment yielded the same high rate of anatomical and functional restoration of the ACL as seen in a smaller, previously reported study, according to results presented at the International Society for Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Biennial Congress, here.

LYON, France — Results of a prospective case-control study presented here indicated MRI scans alone should not be used to preoperatively diagnose anterolateral ligament injuries.

LYON, France — Findings of a study presented at the International Society for Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Biennial Congress cautioned that guidelines for return to sport based on time only are inappropriate for adolescent patients who undergo primary ACL reconstruction.

LYON, France — Researchers observed a significantly lower recurrent instability rate at an average follow-up of 45 months with arthroscopic anterior shoulder stabilization performed with patients in the lateral decubitus position compared with the beach chair position, according to the results of a systematic literature review and meta-regression analysis presented here.

Even after successful arthroscopic Bankart repair and capsular shift, women, elite athletes and patients with frequent dislocations were at high risk of capsular restretching, according to study results.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers used citation analysis to determine the studies most influential on the field of ACL research based on factors such as how frequently the studies were cited.

Young athletes were found to be at an elevated risk for injury as they aged, engaged in sport-specialized training and when they spent a disproportionate amount of time in organized sports vs. free play time, according to study data.

Compared with individual measures, combinations of knee joint geometry measurements provided more information about the risk of noncontact ACL injury and showed differences between the aspects of geometry that best explained the relationship between knee geometry and the risk of injury between men and women, according to study results.

According to recently published data, differences were noted between sport and sex with regard to the risk for sustaining a noncontact lower-extremity injury.

For the classification of distal clavicle fractures, researchers found the determination of fracture pattern stability may be a more appropriate and reliable method compared with distal fragment size and Neer classification.