Douglas E. Padgett, MD: While the historical teaching has always been that the best predictor of postoperative motion following total knee arthroplasty is preoperative motion, improvements in total ...
The success of a total knee replacement largely depends on accurate balancing of flexion and extension gaps in the sagittal plane. The general technique to achieve this is to resect the same amount of ...
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with substantial functional limitations in older adults. [1] Specifically, knee OA, along with hip OA, accounted for the largest proportion of disability in ...
The Orthofix LRS for knee contractures consists of laterally based rails fixed to the femur and tibia and connected to each other by a hinge centered over the approximate center of rotation of the ...
Objective: To determine if the combined isometric contractions of knee extension/hip adduction and knee extension/hip abduction will elicit a different quadriceps and gluteus medius electromyographic ...
Todd S Ellenbecker, Physiotherapy Associates Scottsdale Sports Clinic, 9917 North 95th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, USA; ellenbeckerpt{at}cox.net Background: Tennis requires repetitive ...
Partial knee replacements are rapidly becoming a common choice for orthopedic surgeons seeking to offer patients the option of pain relief in the ASC setting. With patient expectations increasing, the ...