background: subjects with knee osteoarthritis typically have higher knee adduction moment. current research efforts are mainly focused on therapeutic procedures that potentially may modify disease progression. this preliminary study was designed as a single blind (examiner) randomized control trial to investigate the impact of conventional physical therapy on pain, and knee joint load in subjec...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for knee pathology may be affected by socioeconomic factors, language barriers and time constraints in busy outpatient clinics. squat-and-smile test (SST) is an example such a that has previously been validated femur fractures. aim this study was to validate the SST against other PROMs patients with METHODS: Patients pres...

To evaluate clinical and functional results of isolated repairs meniscal tears with intact cruciate ligaments. The hypothesis was that medial were associated higher failure rate than lateral meniscus repairs. A retrospective analysis prospectively collected data performed on patients who underwent primary repair in a stable knee between 2008 2018 minimum follow-up 2 years. At the final follow-u...

This double-blind experimental study evaluates the efficacy of chondroprotective supplementation (Carticure Plus®, 5000 mg Collagen – Bioactive Peptides, 1500 Glucosamine Hydrochloride, 1200 Chondroitin Sulfate, 1.1 Copper, 80 Vitamin C, 2 Manganese) in patients with meniscal and ligament pathology who have required arthroscopic surgery. 12 ligamentous injury meniscopathy were selected, underwe...

Objectives: Repair of posterior medial meniscus root (PMMR) tears demonstrates favorable patient outcomes and may prevent rapid progression knee osteoarthritis, however, there is a paucity data in literature regarding prognostic factors affecting postoperative outcomes. The plays an important role the biomechanically by increasing tibiofemoral contact area decreasing peak pressures. Few studies...

BACKGROUND Synovitis occurring frequently in osteoarthritis (OA) may be a targeted outcome. There are no data examining whether synovitis changes following intra-articular intervention. METHODS Persons aged 40 years and older with painful knee OA participated in an open label trial of intra-articular steroid therapy. At all time points they completed the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome...

BACKGROUND To date, no researchers have investigated patient concerns in the first six weeks following primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). An understanding of patient concerns at a time when physical therapists are involved in the treatment of these patients will aid clinicians in providing patient-centered care. Linking of items to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability...

BACKGROUND Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) can progress to loose body formation, with or without subchondral bone attachment to the lesion. The efficacy of internal fixation of chondral loose bodies has not been determined. HYPOTHESIS Operative fixation of cartilaginous loose bodies would result in (1) healed OCD at second-look arthroscopy, (2) restored cartilage appearance on magnetic resona...