knee pain following a ski injury

Knee Pain Following a Ski Injury

CASE A 13-year-old boy presented to the ski clinic following a fall and a possible twisting of his right knee. He was not able to bear any weight on his right leg and was experiencing pain in the medial aspect of his right knee. His past medical and surgical histories were unremarkable and he was otherwise in good health. Physical examination revealed no ecchymosis or effusion. He had moderate ...

Effect of a Self-Care Application on Pain and Motor Rehabilitation Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

 Background and purpose: Today, development of telemedicine technology has led to wide use of smartphone to connect patients and health care teams to improve patient care. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a self-care application on pain and mobility rehabilitation in patients following total knee arthroplasty surgery. Materials and methods: A randomized controlled clinical ...

Neuropathic Pain Following Nerve Injury

Ski injury predictive analytics from massive ski lift transportation data

Ski injury research is traditionally studied on small-scale observational studies where risk factors from univariate and multivariate statistical models are extracted. In this article, a large-scale ski injury observational study was conducted by analyzing skier transportation data from six consecutive seasons. Logistic regression and chi-square automatic interaction detection decision tree mod...

Pain following Total Knee Arthroplasty – a Systematic Approach

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is known to be a successful procedure. The aging of the population and the growing demand for quality of life have greatly increased the indications for the procedure. Nonetheless, TKA presents some complications that still lack definitive resolution. Pain after TKA is caused by a myriad of reasons that need to be systematically studied in order to reach the correc...

Gender differences in knee injury epidemiology among competitive alpine ski racers.

A questionnaire was sent in 1995 to all members of the Vermont Alpine Racing Association and several New England NCAA Division I ski racing programs. A total of 1010 surveys were sent and 404 responses were received. The survey included questions regarding the racer's age, gender, number of years spent ski racing, injury to knee(s), surgery to knee(s), and reinjury to a surgically reconstructed...