Methods: 56 patients with medial compartment knee OA were evaluated when wearing an unloader knee orthosis and insoles with a 6° lateral wedge which were randomly assigned. Testing was performed at baseline and after 6 months of use with the two types of orthoses. The KOOS score was used to assess outcomes in this study. A paired T test was used for comparing base line and the 6th month post in...

The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is one of the valid reliable tools for patient-reported assessment knee joint in cases injury or osteoarthritis, before after replacement. aim this study was to evaluate validity reliability Bulgarian version KOOS questionnaire. First, original English translated into Bulgarian, back-translated, pilot-tested clarity acceptance. Then questi...

Abstract Background The FINE total knee was developed in Japan and clinical use began 2001. It has unique design features, including an oblique 3 o femorotibial joint line that reproduces anatomical geometry. Although 20 years have passed since the clinically used for first time Japan, a formal evaluation patient-reported radiographic outcomes not been undertaken. Methods A of 175 consecutive p...

background: osteoarthritis of the knee is the most common chronic joint disease that involves middle aged and elderly persons. there are different clinical instruments to quantify the health status of patients with knee osteoarthritis and one example is the womac score that has been translated and adapted into different languages. the purpose of this study was cultural adaptation, validation an...

BACKGROUND Determination of appropriate treatment options for adult osteochondritis dissecans is difficult, as most published papers on surgical osteochondritis dissecans treatment report outcomes in a population consisting of both adult and juvenile patients. PURPOSE This study examines the outcomes of surgical procedures in patients with adult osteochondritis dissecans. STUDY DESIGN Case ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Long-term follow-up studies after total knee replacement (TKR) using an LCS rotating platform have shown survival rates of up to 97%. Few studies have evaluated short-term functional outcome and its improvement over time. We determined the time course of functional outcome as evaluated by the knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS) over the first 4 years after...

BACKGROUND Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a major health problem especially in the aging population. There is a need for safe treatment that restores the cartilage and reduces the symptoms. The use of stem cells is emerging as a possible option for the moderate and severe cases. This study aimed at testing the safety of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) expanded in vitro whe...

In a retrospective study with a population over 65 years, sports activity was conducted 6 years after cruciate retaining (CR) total condylar knee arthroplasty (TKA) with rotating platform (RP). Eighty-one Patients (71.8±5.4years) were examined at follow-up 6.4±0.9 years postoperative. Sport was practiced 5.3 hours every week in mean. Patients were active in sports 3.5times per week. Twenty-five...

OBJECTIVE This investigation assessed preferences for, and effects of, 5 days of twice daily superficial heat, cold, or contrast therapy applied with a commercially available system permitting the circulation of water through a wrap-around garment, use of an electric heating pad, or rest for patients with level II-IV osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. METHODS We employed a within subject, rando...