A COMPARISON OF CYCLIC VALGUS LOADING ON RECONSTRUCTED ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT OF THE ELBOW. Roshan P. Shah, Derek P. Lindsey, Gannon W. Sungar, Timothy R. McAdams. Section of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford CA. (Sponsored by Michael J. Medvecky, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine.) This study compares the bi...

The medial collateral ligament is one of the most frequently injured ligaments in the knee. Although the medial collateral ligament is known to provide a primary restraint to valgus and external rotations, details regarding its precise mechanical function are unknown. In this study, strain in the medial collateral ligament of eight knees from male cadavers was measured during valgus loading. A ...

INTRODUCTION In the functional range of elbow flexion (approximately 20 to 120) the anterior bundle of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) has been shown to function as the primary stabilizer against valgus stresses [1,2]. Injuries to this ligament are common among throwing athletes. Surgical reconstruction of the UCL is frequently performed using the Docking technique [3] and has achieved succ...

Medial malleolar screw hemiepiphysiodesis has been shown to be an effective procedure for the treatment of ankle valgus in children with spina bifida. The purpose of this study was to highlight the guided growth technique and discuss its efficacy. We retrospectively reviewed 10 spina bifida patients with 18 ankle valgus deformities treated with medial malleolar screw hemiepiphysiodesis. Medical...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to find out the age when tibiofemoral angle starts to be in valgus and reaches maximum angle. The differences of the angles between genders were also studied. METHODOLOGY This cross sectional study on tibiofemoral angle was conducted among 160 normal healthy children using clinical measurement method. The children between 2 18 months to 6 years old were ass...

A prospective study was performed on 24 patients to evaluate the early results of our experience with minimally invasive distal metatarsal osteotomy to treat mild-to-moderate hallux valgus deformities in adults. After failure of conservative treatment and persistence of footwear-related pain, a percutaneous distal first metatarsal osteotomy was performed, stabilized by a Kirschner wire, followe...

Normal values of Tibio-Femoral Angles (TFAs) for children from different populations have been established. Equivalent data for adolescents are few. The aim of this study was to establish normal values of TFAs of Nigerian adolescents. Using the systematic random sampling method, 5,466 adolescents were recruited into this cross-sectional survey from 20 secondary schools in Educational District V...

Background: Genu valgum usually originates from a deformity of distal femur that is often corrected by distal femoralvarus osteotomy. The osteotomy includes both components of angulationcorrection and translation because the siteof osteotomy is not commonly at the apex of deformity. Improvement of patellar tracking not only depends on valguscorrection, but also it may be partially due to centra...

There are few data available regarding the association between hallux valgus and pain or functional limitation. We determined the prevalence of hallux valgus in a rural Korean population aged between 40 and 69 years, and its association with pain and function. A total of 563 subjects was examined using the foot health status questionnaire, the Short Form-36 questionnaire and weight-bearing ante...