ABSTRACT Introduction: The knee joint is a complex and important in the human body. It plays an active role maintaining posture balance of body sports, allowing one to bear larger load complete various technical movements. Objective: To investigate stability influence kinemechanics rehabilitation training. Methods: A total 80 patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury who received treatmen...

BACKGROUND The optimal management of a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee is unknown. METHODS We conducted a randomized, controlled trial involving 121 young, active adults with acute ACL injury in which we compared two strategies: structured rehabilitation plus early ACL reconstruction and structured rehabilitation with the option of later ACL reconstruction if needed. The pri...

BACKGROUND Additional high-quality prospective studies are needed to better define the objective criteria used in relation to return-to-sport decisions after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in active populations. PURPOSE To investigate prospectively the relationship between functional performance test results at 24 weeks postoperative and return-to-sport activity (Tegner activ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined whether skeletal parameters predict hamstring graft size during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to examine whether preoperative anthropometric and radiographic skeletal parameters could predict hamstring graft size during ACLR. We hypothesized that both anthropometric and skeletal parameter...

BACKGROUND Patellar tendinopathy can be treated surgically for patients that have failed at least 1 year of nonoperative treatment who continue to have debilitating symptoms. Patellar tendinopathy can cause significant functional deficits, yet little has been reported about the operative treatment of patellar tendinopathy. HYPOTHESIS A combined arthroscopic and open surgical technique for the...

We randomised 31 patients with acute tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) to receive either early (within 2 weeks) or delayed (8 to 12 weeks) reconstruction using a quadruple hamstring graft in order to determine if there was any functional advantage to early reconstruction. Outcome measures included return of knee movement, muscle dynamometry, International Knee Documentation Committe...

We identified a series of 128 patients who had unilateral open reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) by a single surgeon between 1993 and 2000. In all, 79 patients were reviewed clinically and radiologically eight to 15 years after surgery. Assessment included measurement of the Lysholm and Tegner scores, the ACL quality-of-life score and the Short Form-12 score, as well as the...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the clinical outcomes of autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) procedures performed by a single orthopedic surgeon at a minimum of 7 years follow-up. Methods: A retrospective review of prospectively collected data was performed on 29 patients who underwent ACI of the knee between the years of 1998 and 2003. Prospective data were collected to ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of a revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with nonirradiated patellar tendon allograft used to salvage a failed index patellar tendon autograft procedure. TYPE OF STUDY Retrospective case series with minimum 2-year follow-up. METHODS Between 1993 and 1999, 39 patients underwent a revision reconstruction. Clinical, radiographic, arthrometri...

ObjectiveOsteochondral lesions in the knee can occur a high percentage of soccer players. Untreated, symptomatic osteochondral lead to reduced athletic performance, early career-ending, and premature onset osteoarthritis. One treatment options is autologous transplantation with mosaicplasty technique. The study aims investigate long-term outcomes procedure population.DesignIn single-center retr...