PURPOSE Among a variety of conservative and surgical options to treat anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, we do not understand which options could potentially prevent knee osteoarthritis (OA). The aim of this systematic review was to examine the evidence pertaining to exercise treatment of ACL injuries in the context of knee OA. METHODS Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PubMed, and PEDro (Physi...

BACKGROUND Wrestling is a very popular sport the world over and its popularity is rapidly increasing in India. However, due to its arduous nature it is associated with a high incidence of injuries. Out of all the injuries, those to the knee are one of the commonest injuries reported. OBJECTIVES Our aim was to study the pattern of these injuries in the Indian wrestlers. METHODS A prospective...

BACKGROUND Exercise-based training programmes are commonly used to prevent sports injuries but programme effectiveness within community men's team sport is largely unknown. OBJECTIVE To present the intention-to-treat analysis of injury outcomes from a clustered randomised controlled trial in community Australian football. METHODS Players from 18 male, non-elite, community Australian footbal...

BACKGROUND Medial-sided knee injury patterns have been poorly defined in the available literature. The lack of definition can be attributed to the differing anatomic perspectives of physician authors and the functional significance they assigned to the posteromedial structures of the knee. HYPOTHESIS Many so-called medial collateral ligament injuries can involve significant damage to the post...

objective(s): the effect of silica nanoparticles (snps) in sport shoes outsoles on the  parameters related to anterior cruciate ligament (acl) injury has not been investigated. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of shoes outsole containing a composite of thermoplastic elastomer based on styrene-butadiene and silica nanoparticles (tpen shoe) on knee valgus angle (kva) as a risk ...

BACKGROUND To identify and characterize the concomitant ligamentous and meniscal injuries in floating knee. METHODS A total of 37 cases of floating knee were enrolled. Arthroscopic or open surgical examination of the knee, Lachman test, posterior drawer's test, and varus and valgus stress tests under anesthesia were carried out to determine the incidence of knee injury. RESULTS Through arth...

BACKGROUND Meniscal lesions are among the most common injuries of the knee, yet limited epidemiologic data is available on their risk factors. We investigated the association of lifestyle factors and physical strenuousness of work on knee injuries with a focus on meniscal lesions. METHODS We examined a nationally representative sample of persons aged 30 to 59 years, who participated in a comp...

Dislocations of the knee are relatively uncommon injuries. However, the incidence of this injury appears to be increasing. Knee dislocations are most often high velocity blunt injuries, with motor vehicle accidents being a frequent etiology. Other causes include falls from height, athletic injuries, farming and industrial accidents, and even low velocity mechanisms such as a misstep into a hole...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to compare the in vivo articulation of the healthy knee to the contralateral knee of subjects with acute and chronic PCL injuries. METHODS Magnetic resonance was used to generate sagittal images of 10 healthy knees and 10 knees with isolated PCL injuries (5 acute and 5 chronic). The subjects performed a supine leg press against a 150 N load. Images ...

What criteria are used for determining whether to repair or reconstruct multiligamentous knee injuries? Timing is perhaps the most important factor that helps to determine whether to repair or reconstruct multiligamentous knee injuries. Repair is a viable option only in the acute setting and only for certain ligaments (collaterals and corners). Cruciate injuries, whether in isolation or in the ...