Objective: To determine the risk factors of knee osteoarthritis in young patients. Methods: A total 100 patients with diagnosis arthritis were included as cases and a similar number who presented to orthopedic clinic for reasons other than taken controls. study questionnaire was designed gather information regarding patient’s age, gender, body mass index, physical activity, smoking history inju...

BACKGROUND Psychological perceptions are increasingly being recognized as important to recovery and rehabilitation post-surgery. This research longitudinally examined perceptions of the personal importance of exercise and fears of re-injury over a three-year period post anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Stability and change in psychological perceptions was examined, as well as th...

Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most common injuries of the knee in the athletes and other group of patients who present to the knee clinics each year . Near to 250000 ACL ruptures occur in the Unites State each year. Almost 100000 ACL reconstructions are performed in the USA annually (1). This means that not all the patients with an ACL injury need operation. So, ...

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...

[Purpose] The study investigated the effects of lower extremity injuries on aerobic exercise capacity, anaerobic power, and knee isokinetic muscular function in high school soccer players. [Subjects and Methods] The study assessed U High School soccer players (n=40) in S area, South Korea, divided into 2 groups: a lower extremity injury group (n=16) comprising those with knee and ankle injuries...

OBJECTIVE To explore physical and psychological measures believed to determine patients' perceived self-efficacy in the rehabilitation of patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury. DESIGN An explorative descriptive study. PATIENTS A total of 116 patients with an anterior cruciate ligament deficient or reconstructed knee. METHOD At one visit; 12 months post-injury/reconstruction, pat...

BACKGROUND The important purpose of a powered gait orthosis is to provide active joint movement for patients with spinal cord injury. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to clarify the effect of a powered gait orthosis on the kinematics and temporal-spatial parameters in paraplegics with spinal cord injury. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental. METHODS Four spinal cord injury individuals expe...

background :rupture of the anterior cruciate ligment (acl) is a common knee injury. the purpose of this study was to determine the balance control in football players with and without acl reconstruction in posture of injury.   methods : sway of the center of gravity of 15 patients with acl reconstruction was compared with 15 healthy, age and sex-matched subjects as the control group. all tests ...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a common sports injury, particularly in females. Gender differences in knee kinematics have been observed for specific movements, but there is limited information on how these findings relate to other joints and other movements. Here we present an integrated analysis of hip, knee and ankle kinematics across three movements linked to non-contact ACL inj...

QUESTION Is four weeks of home-based balance training more effective than four weeks of home-based strength training at decreasing pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis? DESIGN Randomised trial with concealed allocation and assessor blinding. PARTICIPANTS 48 community volunteers with knee osteoarthritis. INTERVENTION Two groups undertook home-based exercise programs: one group perform...