BACKGROUND The role of the location and severity of the initial cartilage lesions associated with an ankle fracture in the development of posttraumatic osteoarthritis has not been established, to our knowledge. METHODS We performed a long-term follow-up study of a consecutive, prospectively included cohort of 288 ankle fractures that were treated operatively between June 1993 and November 199...

Methods: Two hundred two patients with knee osteoarthritis (using American College of Rheumatology criteria) were randomized to receive oral glucosamine sulfate, 1500 mg once a day, or placebo. Changes in radiographic minimum joint space width were measured in the medial compartment of the tibiofemoral joint, and symptoms were assessed using the algo-functional indexes of Lequesne and WOMAC (We...

BILATERAL MEDIAL KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AFTER ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT Yen-Hung Liu , I-Pin Wei, Ting-Ming Wang, Jaung-Geng Lin, Tung-Wu Lu 1 Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan 2 Department of Physical Therapy, Tzu-Hui Institute of Technology, Taiwan 3 Institute of Chinese Medical Science, China Medical University, Taiwan 4 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Natio...

This is a retrospective review of the results of the Acclaim total elbow replacement in 11 older patients aged > or = 65 years with primary osteoarthritis of the elbow, with a mean follow-up of 57.6 months (30 to 86.4). Significant reductions in pain and improvement in range of movement and function were recorded. Radiological review revealed two patients with 1 mm lucencies in a single zone, a...