beta-2 adrenoceptors in blood vessels are one of the active factors that play a role in regulation of tissue blood flow. in diabetic angiopathy, responsiveness of these receptors is decreased, while that is increased in inflammation. according to these opposite effects, the aim of this study was to investigate the vasodilatory response of knee joint blood vessels to salbutamol (beta-2 adrenocep...

Abstract Introduction: In this study the role of PGE2 as an important inflammatory mediator in Indomethacine and Theophylline effects on joint diameter and vascular response of chronically inflamed rat knee joint to saphenous nerve stimulation was investigated. Methods: Inflammation was induced by intraarticular injection of 0.2 ml Freund,s Complete Adjuvant (FCA) and 3, 7, 14, 21 days post i...

conclusions both l-prp and l-prf could be used to effectively promote the healing of articular cartilage defects of the knee. results mean macroscopic scores of the treated defects were higher than the controls at all sampling times with significant differences (p < 0.05) observed between l-prf treated and control defects (10.13 vs. 8.37) and l-prp treated and control defects (10 vs. 8.5) at 4 ...

background :pigmented villonodularsynovitis (pvns) is characterized by the presence of inflammation and hemosiderin deposition in the synovium. two forms of pvns distinguished in the literature are diffused and localized involvements. there are controversies in the literature about the surgical management of pvns. we report our experience in the management of knee pvns at a mean follow-up of 4 ...

lipoma arborescens, also known as villous lipomatous transformation of synovium is an unusual fatty lesion of joint. this disorder is characterized by a diffuse increase in the quantity of subsynovial fat in supra-patellar region which bulges the overlying synovial lining and produces a villous architecture. hereby we report a case of lipoma arborescens in an eleven year old boy with a history ...

Patellar tendon moment arm length (PTma) changes at different knee flexion angles have not been determined in invivo studies. We aimed to determine PTma in four different knee angles using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) topredict in vivo changes in the moment arm length from different knee angles during running.PTma was measured as the perpendicular distance from muscle–tend...

Background: The ultimate goal of the treatment of infectious knee arthritis is to protect the articular cartilage fromadverse effects of infection. Treatment, however, is not always hundred percent successful and has a 12% failurerate. Persistent infection is more likely to happen in elderly patients and those with underlying joint diseases,particularly osteoarthritis. Eradica...