Gender differences in the knees ...
The goal of this study was to characterize the geometry of the distal femur and proximal tibia in the Chinese population. Three-dimensional models o ...
Relationship between thickness ...
Purpose Since the development of the anatomic doublebundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, many studies have focused on excursion a ...
Tourniquet use in total knee ar ...
Purpose The use of an intraoperative tourniquet for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common practice. However, the effectiveness and safety are st ...
Efficient strategy for controll ...
Purpose The objective of the present study was to compare the intraoperative use of tranexamic acid (TNA) plus intra-articular diluted-epinephrine ( ...
A new diagnostic approach using ...
Purpose The first purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of the anterior knee laxity in the three regions of different stiffness i ...
Axial and torsional stability o ...
Purpose Little is known regarding the biomechanical stability and stiffness of implants and techniques used in supracondylar femur osteotomies (SCO) ...
Arthroscopic treatment of sympt ...
Successful arthroscopic treatment of symptomatic bipartite patella in a 23-year-old female professional volleyball player is reported.
Meniscal repair using large dia ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the mechanical characteristics of meniscal repair fixation using horizontal sutures and two differe ...
Sagittal alignment of the lower ...
There is only limited information available on the sagittal alignment of the lower extremity of normal subjects under weight-bearing conditions. Our ...
Effects of additional gracilis ...
Purpose To evaluate muscle torque, lower extremity coordination, and knee laxity after ACL reconstruction comparing patients operated on with semite ...
Anteroposterior stability after ...
Purpose A functional posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is important for the knee stability after PCL-retaining total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The ob ...
In vivo kinematics of mobile-be ...
Purpose Little is known about the in vivo kinematics of mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty, especially at deep knee flexion under weight-bearing ...
A prospective randomized study ...
Introduction Bioabsorbable screws are, at the expense of metal screws, increasingly used as fixation device in ACLreconstructions. The possible adva ...
Gravity-assisted pivot-shift te ...
Purpose The gravity-assisted pivot-shift (GAPS) test is a newly advocated test for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. We retrospectively inves ...
Single-bundle patellar tendon v ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare subjective, objective and radiographic outcome of the lateralized single-bundle bone-patellar tendo ...
Causes for failure of ACL recon ...
The purpose of this multicenter retrospective study was to analyze the causes for failure of ACL reconstruction and the influence of meniscectomies ...
No difference in early function ...
Patients desire less pain and faster recovery of range of knee motion after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). While minimal invasive surgery (MIS) TKA ...
Intraoperative comparisons of k ...
Purpose Based on biomechanical anatomical studies, double-bundle reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) was introduced to achieve be ...
Mid-term outcomes of computer-a ...
Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical results of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using a navigation system after a minimum of 5 ...
Inter- and intraobserver reliab ...
Purpose To validate the use of the clock face reference as a reliable means of communicating femoral intercondylar notch position. Methods A single ...
Reliability of tunnel angle in ...
Purpose To compare the reliability of tibial tunnel position and angle produced with a standard ACL guide (twodimensional guide) or Howell 65 Guide ...
Physiological risk factors for ...
Purpose Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability and a risk factor for falls in older people. The purpose of this study was to assess ...
Dysfunction of the posterior cr ...
out either with retention (CR) of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) or with sacrifice of this ligament and implantation of a posterior stabilise ...
Biomechanical comparison of thr ...
Purpose Different tunnel configurations have been used for double-bundle (DB) anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. However, controversy ...
Gout and coexisting pseudogout ...
Purpose We report the unusual case of a 63-year-old man with gout and coexisting pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition dise ...