Sports Medicine News

Recently published data indicated transphyseal ACL reconstruction offered a safe option that provided positive outcomes at long-term follow-up in skeletally immature patients.

Recently published data demonstrated increased comorbidity burden and history of smoking, not older age, increased patients’ risk of adverse events after meniscectomy.

Study findings showed fibrin glue to be an effective scaffold for mesenchymal stem cell implantation when treating patients with osteoarthritic knees.

Recently published data indicated the preferred and most cost-effective usage of MRI in the diagnosis of meniscal tears was as confirmation of a physical examiner’s diagnosis.

Using a battery of imaging and cognitive tests, Johns Hopkins specialists have gathered evidence of accumulated brain damage that may be linked to specific memory deficits experienced by former National Football League players decades after retirement.

Participation in soccer and an age between 13 and 19 years was linked with an elevated rate of revision ACL reconstruction, according to recently published study data.

Recently published data demonstrated multiple factors, including muscle strength imbalances, muscle tightness and hip joint internal rotation constraints, likely influence enhanced lumbopelvic motion during a golfer’s swing. Researchers evaluated 30 handicap-matched male golfers from the Korean Professional Golf Association between January and March 2012. Participants were divided into cohorts based on whether they exhibited limited (range of motion < 20°) or normal hip internal motion (range of motion ≥ 30°). Tests for strength and length of muscle, range of motion and lumbopelvic kinematics were conducted on both cohorts.

Treatment for knee osteoarthritis is being looked at with more scrutiny as more than 10 million adults in the United States are estimated to have symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee. Nonoperative treatment options are increasing and it is difficult to know which treatment option is better for which patient. Some insurance plans require clinical documentation that a patient has failed nonoperative treatment prior to pre-certifying the patient for a surgical procedure.

KOLOA, Hawaii — The history of massive rotator cuff tears, in addition to patient age and occupation, are among the important issues to consider when deciding whether to fix the tear or consider transfer or reverse shoulder arthroplasty, according to a presenter here.

KOLOA, Hawaii — There will always be a place for microfracture, even though it is not currently the best technique to repair articular cartilage, according to a speaker here.