UNLABELLED Extension contracture of the knee is a common complication of femoral lengthening. Knee flexion exercises to stretch the contracture with physical therapy can be effective but take a prolonged amount of time to work and place increased stress across the patellofemoral joint. We developed a minimal-incision limited quadricepsplasty surgical technique to treat knee extension contractur...

Purpose: Proprioception is a part of the somatosensory system responsible for sending information to the central nervous system to monitor the status of various body parts relative to each another. One of the main causes of impaired proprioception is fatigue. In the following study, the effects of fatigue on quadriceps muscle and hence on knee proprioception in healthy subjects was studied.&nbs...

OBJECTIVE To determine if pelvic posture, hip, and knee positions influence range of motion about the ankle joint. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental repeated measures. SETTING Biomechanics laboratory in a university setting. PARTICIPANTS Eleven men and six women free of ankle joint trauma. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Range of motion about the ankle joint. RESULTS ANOVA revealed a significant ...

BACKGROUND The use of continuous passive motion in the postoperative treatment of intra-articular fractures around the knee is increasing. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a continuous passive motion device on knee range of motion after operative treatment of intra-articular fractures around the knee. METHODS Forty patients with intra-articular fractures of either the...

PURPOSE To compare the outcome following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in obese and non-obese Asian patients. METHODS 27 obese patients were compared with 27 non-obese controls matched for age, gender, diagnosis (osteoarthritis), prosthesis, preoperative Knee Society knee and function scores, preoperative Oxford Knee Score, and follow-up duration. All TKAs were performed by a single surgeon. ...

background:   to compare the results of two different ways of distal femoral osteotomy stabilization in patients suffering from genuvalgum: internal fixation with plate, and casting. methods:   in a non-randomized prospective study, after distal femoral osteotomy with the zigzag method, patients were divided into two groups: long leg casting, and internal fixation with blade plate. for all pati...

Background: There is no difference in the functional outcomes 6 months after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for kneeosteoarthritis between patellar resurfacing and non-resurfacing. Thus, we have performed this study to compare theshort-term clinical outcomes of TKA performed with and without the patella resurfacing.Methods: A total of 50 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK) were random...