abstract background and aim: lack of balance in pattern and activity of quadriceps and hamstring muscles increases the risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury (acl). the purpose of the present study was to investigate the changes in pattern and activity of vastus medialis and semitendinosusmuscles in landing from different heights and to understand if these changes will increase the risk of a...

Abstract Background Inversion ankle sprains, or lateral often result in symptomatic instability, and some patients need ligament reconstruction to reduce pain, improve function, prevent subsequent injuries. Although anatomically reconstructed ligaments should behave a biomechanically normal manner, previous studies have not measured the strain patterns of anterior talofibular (ATFL) calcaneofib...

background: no uniform consensus exists to decide type of fixation for arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. hypothsis: there is similar functional outcome after rigid fix compared to other methods of fixation which has been published. study design: retrospective observational study. methods: a total of 50 patients underwent arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstructi...

Reconstruction of unstable syndesmotic injuries is not trivial, and there is no generally accepted treatment guidelines. Thus, there still remain considerable controversies regarding diagnosis, classification and treatment of syndesmotic injuries. Syndesmotic malreduction is the most common indication for early re-operation after ankle fracture surgery, and widening of the ankle mortise by only...

PURPOSE To report the outcome of a technique combining direct anatomic reconstruction of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) with augmented reconstruction using the peroneus brevis tendon fixed by a bio-absorbable interference screw. METHODS 13 men and 2 women aged 17 to 36 (mean, 24) years with recurrent inversion injuries of the right (n=5) and left (n=10) ankles underwent lateral ankl...