proprioception has been found to have a relation to subjective knee function and patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome (pfps) seem to have larger deficits than asymptomatic individuals little is known about whether taping can restore defects in proprioception or by which mechanisms it can improve anterior knee pain. to determine the effect of patellar taping on knee joint proprioception a ...

conclusions the clinical examination is an important and accurate diagnostic modality for evaluation of traumatic derangement of the knee joint. it is noninvasive, easy, available, and valuable diagnostic modality. the mri is an accurate diagnostic modality. it can be used whenever there is an uncertain indication for arthroscopy. however, costs have to be kept in mind, especially in patients w...

A knee brace for medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) is required to restrict knee adduction moment (KAM), but must not restrict knee flexion during swing phase. There is no report of a knee brace with both functions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the custom-made hinged knee brace for patients with knee OA compared to the hinged knee brace generally used, and to assess th...

Background. PCL reconstruction is a successful method for enhancing the patientchr('39')s quality of life but posterior knee laxity and knee stiffness have still occurred surgery. There is no study to evaluate knee laxity or loss of knee range of motion after surgery. Objectives. To assess the outcomes after PCL reconstruction, we: 1) evaluated the range of motion of the knee, 2) evaluated pos...

both vitamin d deficiency and quadriceps muscle weakness are associated with knee osteoarthritis (koa) and pain. the aim of this study was to determine the restorative effect of vitamin d deficiency on pain and quadriceps muscle strength in knee osteoarthritis. patients with koa aged≥30 years, the presence of knee pain for at least one month or longer and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin (25-ohd) defici...

introduction: knee joint has the highest percentage of injuries among lower extremity joints especially in athletes and people with high activity levels. therefore, analyzing of knee movements has an important area of research in the bioengineering and rehabilitation fields. sharif human movement instrumentation system (sharif-hmis) is a new inertial sensor designed for movement analysis. the p...

background:  few clinical trials have studied the functional and cosmetic outcomes of different closure tech- niques of surgical incisions. skin wound and incision closure methods may influence the healing process and cos- metic outcome. the present study aims at comparing three different suture techniques of skin closure. methods: in a clinical trial, sixty patients with anterior cruciate liga...

knee surgery. the purpose of this study was to assess the analgesic effects of intra-articular injection of a dexmedetomidine following knee arthroscopy. methods:   forty six patients schadualed for arthroscopic knee surgery under general anaesthesia, were randomly devided into two groups. intervention group received 1μg/kg dexmedetomidine (d) and isotonic saline. control group received 25ml is...

background the aim of this study was to examine the correlation of the clinical examination, mri and arthroscopic findings in cruciate ligaments and meniscal injuries of knee and to evaluate the accuracy of clinical examination and mri with the gold standard arthroscopy. methods a prospective diagnostic double-blind study was conducted on 104 consecutive patients admitted to the outdoor/casualt...