Osteoarthritis of the knee is a debilitating condition affecting increasing numbers of individuals each year. One option for treatment is orthotic knee braces, but a little independent reviews have taken place to date on their relative outcomes for users. This study therefore evaluates the efficacy of different types of knee orthoses (braces) with regard to key aspects of use, including gait pa...

a 48‑year‑old morbidly obese woman with a left medial meniscal tear and moderately severe degenerative joint disease (djd) reported for 14‑month follow‑up visit from arthroscopic surgery. she reported a resolution of pain, swelling and an improved range of motion (rom). the patient was first evaluated 14 months ago, and at that time was considered a strong candidate for total knee replacement d...

objective(s): osteoarthritis (oa) or degenerative joint disease is the commonest form of arthritis and can lead to joint pain, decrease in joint’s range of motion, loss of function, and ultimately disability. exercise is considered as one of the non-pharmacological treatments of oa. but the effects of exercise on knee joint cartilage remain ambiguous. the aim of the present study was to investi...

background: this double-blinded, randomized clinical trial was designed to evaluate the comparison of intravenous versus intraarticular (ia) administration of midazolam on postoperative pain after knee arthroscopy. materials and methods: in this study, 75 patients randomized in three groups to receive 75 mc/kg ia injection of midazolam and 10 ml intravenous injection of isotonic saline (group i...

the aim of this review article is to analyze the clinical effectiveness of total knee replacement (tkr) compared to unicompartmental knee replacement (ukr) in patients with medial unicompartmental osteoarthritis (muo) in terms of survival rates, revision rates and postoperative complications. the search engine was medline. the keywords used were: medial knee osteoarthritis. three thousand and n...

periodic evaluation and monitoring the health and economic outcome of joint replacement surgery is a common and popular process under the territory of joint registries in many countries. in this article we introduce the methodology used for the foundation of the national iranian joint registry (ijr) with a joint collaboration of the social security organization (sso) and academic research depar...

 Abstract  Background: In the recent decade, many primary total knee arthroplasties have  been carried out in Iran and the number of revision cases is expected to rise with the  aging population. The aim of this study was to report the outcome of revision surgery  in the country and make a comparison between the outcome of revision and that of  the primary arthroplasty.  Methods: Retrospectivel...

background: knee pain is one of the most common reasons patients visit their physician. in this regard magnetic resonance imaging (mri) is the tool of preference for diagnosis. the aim of this study was to determine appropriate guidelines for knee mri administration using the rand appropriateness method (ram)-2013   methods: this qualitative study was done in the mashhad university of medical s...