How Grafts Can be Used to Reconstruct Cartilage and Tendon Disorders of the Shoulder, Hip, and Knee
There are four rotator cuff muscles in the shoulder than attach to the humerus bone by way of a tendon.
Sports Medicine
The multi-sport versus single-sport athlete
Author: Dr. J. Pieter Hommen
As an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, I am frequently asked by concerned parents about whether their child should play a single sport year-round. Here in South Florida, we are blessed with weather that allows for nearly year-round outdoor sports activities.
Arthroscopic subscapularis augmentation restored shoulder joint stability in athletes
Source: Healio
Recently published results showed athletes with chronic anterior shoulder instability treated with arthroscopic subscapularis augmentation experienced restoration of joint stability.
Recreational running benefits hip and knee joint health
Source: Medical Xpress
Recreational runners are less likely to experience knee and hip osteoarthritis compared to sedentary individuals and competitive runners, according to a new study published in the June issue of the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT).
Quadriceps exercise relieves pain in knee osteoarthritis
Source: Medical Xpress
A quadriceps isometric contraction exercise method is effective for relieving pain in knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study published online May 25 in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.
Study finds predictors for ACL injury are dissimilar between male and female athletes
Source: Healio
Except for increased anterior-posterior knee laxity, results from this study indicated female athletes and male athletes were not similar with regard to predictors for first-time noncontact ACL injury.
