OBJECTIVES To evaluate the frequency of patellofemoral osteoarthritis and its relevance to symptoms and function in a meniscectomy population. METHODS 317 patients with no cruciate ligament injury were evaluated (mean (SD) age, 54 (11) years). They had undergone meniscal resection 15 to 22 years earlier (follow up rate 70%). Standing tibiofemoral and skyline patellofemoral radiographs were gr...

Methods: Data involving patients diagnosed with an ACL tear and eligible for surgery were recorded. Isokinetic muscle strength, functional muscle performance, and anterior-posterior translation of the knee joint were documented preoperatively and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months postoperatively. Patients completed the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), Lysholm, and Tegner rating scal...

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...

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to compare the performance of the vertical jump task and the level of disability between the coper and non-coper athletes with an anterior cruciate ligament-minus knee. Methods: Thirty-four professional male athletes with isolated complete anterior cruciate ligament-tear (age 20-29 years and 6-12 months time past injury) were recruited in this stu...

BACKGROUND This is a systematic review of studies on the prevalence of osteoarthritis in the tibiofemoral joint more than 10 years after an anterior cruciate ligament injury, the radiologic classification methods used, and risk factors for development of knee osteoarthritis. METHODS A systematic search was performed in PubMed, EMBASE, and AMED. Inclusion criteria were studies involving patien...

BACKGROUND Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy has been shown to be of no benefit to patients with concomitant knee osteoarthritis, but the optimal treatment of a degenerative meniscus tear in patients with mild or no knee osteoarthritis is unknown. This article describes the rationale and methodology of a randomized sham-controlled trial to assess the benefit of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy...

Objective To examine the pain-reducing effects of intra-articular oxygen–ozone (O 2 O 3 ) injections and mechanical focal vibration (mFV) versus alone in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods Patients chronic pain (>6 weeks) due to osteoarthritis (II–III on Kellgren–Lawrence scale) were consecutively enrolled divided into two groups: (n = 25) -mFV 24). The visual analog scale (VAS), Kne...