BACKGROUND Previous designs of internal bone lengthening devices have been fraught with imprecise distraction, resulting in nerve injuries, joint contractures, nonunions, and other complications. Recently, a magnet-operated PRECICE nail (Ellipse Technologies, Inc, Irvine, CA, USA) was approved by the FDA; however, its clinical efficacy is unknown. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES We evaluated this nail in ...

Objective Foot and/or ankle (F/A) problems may be encountered in medial uni-compartmental knee (UKA) patients postoperatively due to the limb alignment changes and alterations weight bearing of F/A. This study aimed evaluate risk factors incidence foot arthroplasty patients. Methods Patients who underwent UKA between 2016 2019 our clinic were evaluated presence F/A was recorded. Radiologic eval...

Abstract Purpose Fatigue-induced hip-abductor weakness may exacerbate lower-limb misalignments during different dynamic single-leg tasks. We sought to evaluate the effects of fatigue and task on lower limb kinematics muscle activation find associations between measurements obtained in two Methods One-group pretest–posttest design. Seventeen healthy adults (9 W) performed squat (SL SQUAT ) hop H...