BACKGROUND Outcomes of meniscus surgery are typically assessed with patient questionnaires that help capture symptoms and functional limitations but may not provide an accurate representation of underlying joint health. There are currently no performance-based measures of knee function in patients with symptomatic meniscus injury. PURPOSE To assess the reproducibility, response to partial men...

The human knee menisci are important structures to, proper knee joint function. At present, little data exists describing the meniscal kinematics of the intact knee. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to determine in-vivo meniscal kinematic motion of the non-injured knee during unloaded knee flexion through use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Seven females and three males (mean age...

BACKGROUND Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy has been shown to be of no benefit to patients with concomitant knee osteoarthritis, but the optimal treatment of a degenerative meniscus tear in patients with mild or no knee osteoarthritis is unknown. This article describes the rationale and methodology of a randomized sham-controlled trial to assess the benefit of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy...

BACKGROUND Clinical and biomechanical studies have demonstrated the increase in contact pressure and progressive deterioration of the tibiofemoral compartments that occur after partial or complete meniscectomy. Meniscus transplantation has been indicated for the symptomatic postmeniscectomy patient to alleviate symptoms and potentially prevent the progression of articular degeneration. PURPOS...

Introduction: Magnetic resonance imaging is a noninvasive diagnostic modality and provides clinically relevant information to orthopaedic surgeons by detecting characterizing injuries of cruciate ligaments meniscus the knee. MRI routinely used before arthroscopic examination surgery. Arthroscopy considered reference standard for diagnosis knee hence efficacy needs be compared with findings. Met...

INTRODUCTION The important functions of the meniscus are shock absorption, passive stabilization and load transmission of the knee. Because of the avascularity of two-thirds of the meniscal center region, the treatment of tears in this area is hard. Recently, microRNAs have been proven to play an important role in the pathogenesis of diseases. We focused on microRNA (miR)-210, which plays a wid...

BACKGROUND To review a single-surgeon series of 616 athletic patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions in order to evaluate the relationship between the timing of the reconstruction and the incidence of meniscal and chondral injuries. METHODS SIX GROUP OF PATIENTS WERE CATEGORIZED BASED ON THE TIME INTERVAL FROM THEIR INJURY TO SURGERY IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: <3 months, 3-6 mo...

INTRODUCTION Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) to treat degenerative meniscus injury is the most common orthopaedic procedure. However, valid evidence of the efficacy of APM is lacking. Controlling for the placebo effect of any medical intervention is important, but seems particularly pertinent for the assessment of APM, as the symptoms commonly attributed to a degenerative meniscal injur...

ABSTRACT Assessing the performance of basketball players is very important in implementation technical training programs. The application electromyography (EMG) still relatively small. evaluation athletes’ muscle state index by EMG can guide sports training. This study used surface to test and compare data, analyze discharge timing, contribution rate integral value turning movement, aiming expl...