Is Knee Osteoarthritis an Inevitable Consequence for Athletes after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury?
Behind the technical success of modern ACL surgeries and the effectiveness of “return to sport” protocols lies a reality that the worlds of sports and medicine are only just starting to face: the management of the initial ACL injury with return to sport is not the finish line, but the beginning of a lifelong journey on a different road.
Rehabilitation for Total Knee Arthroplasty
We sought to determine the comparative benefit and harm of rehabilitation interventions for patients who have undergone elective, unilateral total knee arthroplasty for the treatment of primary osteoarthritis.
Diet and exercise intervention better for pain in knee osteoarthritis
For overweight or obese patients with knee osteoarthritis, diet and exercise result in a small but statistically significant difference in knee pain over 18 months compared with an attention control, according to a study published in the Dec. 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Quadriceps Strain and TKA: Contribution of the Tourniquet and Intramedullary Rod to Postoperative Thigh Pain
The purpose of the present study was to determine the cause of thigh pain after TKA in a randomized controlled trial evaluating tourniquet use, IM rod use, and quadriceps strain.
Hip replacement a safe procedure and deaths extremely rare
Hip replacement surgery is considered safe and effective by scientists and surgeons, with data suggesting patients are actually less likely to die soon after surgery than the general population.


