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Mitek Sports Medicine adds RIGIDFIX Curve Cross Pin System to enable anatomic ACL reconstruction

Mitek Sports Medicine*, a leader in orthopaedics sports medicine and a part of the DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson, announced it has added the RIGIDFIX® Curve Cross Pin System, the first of its kind, designed specifically for use with the anteromedial (AM) portal approach to enable a more anatomic ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction.

8 Nov 2013

Surgeons discover unknown ligament in human knee

Two knee surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have discovered a previously unknown ligament in the human knee. This ligament appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.

6 Nov 2013

Two surgeons discover previously unknown ligament in the human knee

5 Nov 2013

Experts offer tips for preventing and coping with osteoarthritis

Most everyone is bound to get osteoarthritis -- if they live long enough. That old saying among arthritis experts is backed up by the numbers. The painful and often debilitating joint condition is the most common form of arthritis.

9 Oct 2013

Combination of body type, landing techniques may be responsible for ACL injuries

Women are two to eight times more likely than men to suffer a debilitating tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee and a new study suggests that a combination of body type and landing techniques may be to blame.

4 Sep 2013

HSS, UCSF and Mayo Clinic to validate new MRI techniques, biomarkers for osteoarthritis treatment

In recent years, researchers have been frustrated because there are no tools to identify early stages of osteoarthritis and thus no good way to test therapies for preventing or slowing the disease. Now, three institutions have been awarded $1 million from the Arthritis Foundation to validate the use of new MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) techniques and newly identified biomarkers to solve this vexing problem.

30 Aug 2013

Research: Every 25 secs, a young athlete suffers serious sports injury

Every 25 seconds, or 1.35 million times a year, a young athlete suffers a sports injury severe enough to go to the emergency room, according to a new research report released today by Safe Kids Worldwide.

7 Aug 2013

Longer looks: mayo's demands; 140 character death watch; posting hospital prices

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web.

2 Aug 2013

Loyola sports medicine physician's advice for parents of high school athletes: Don't let them play football

Prominent sports medicine physician Dr. Pietro Tonino of Loyola University Medical Center has some blunt advice for parents of high school athletes who want to play football this fall: Don't let them do it.

23 Jul 2013

AOSSM presents awards and grants to encourage research in orthopaedic sports medicine

In order to recognize and encourage cutting-edge research in key areas of orthopaedic sports medicine, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) will present ten research awards and seven grants during its Annual Meeting, July 11-14 in Chicago, IL.

10 Jul 2013

Study suggests shape of knee can determine need for ACL reconstruction after ACL tear

A study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery has provided the first evidence that the shape of a person's knee could be a factor in the decision of whether a patient should undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction after an ACL tear.

3 Jul 2013

New drug target may prevent consequences of ACL tear in athletes

Striking the likes of Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose, L.A. Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Detroit Tigers' Victor Martinez, tears in the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are one of the most rampant and serious knee injuries among athletes.

14 Jun 2013

Joint replacement surgery might be avoidable in the future, suggest scientists

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have turned their view of osteoarthritis inside out. Literally. Instead of seeing the painful degenerative disease as a problem primarily of the cartilage that cushions joints, they now have evidence that the bone underneath the cartilage is also a key player and exacerbates the damage.

20 May 2013

SAGE announces launch of new international open access journal of sports medicine

SAGE today announces the launch of a new international open access journal, the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. This journal was developed by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine in collaboration with professional sports medicine organizations from around the world as a global, peer-reviewed open access journal that will publish content for both researchers and practitioners studying orthopeadic sports medicine, arthroscopy, and knee arthroplasty.

5 May 2013

Warm-up can prevent ACL injuries in military cadets

Anthony Beutler, MD, Associate Professor at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, presented, "Can a 10-minute injury prevention program decrease injuries in military cadets? A JUMP-ACL study" today at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine in San Diego, CA

25 Apr 2013

Running or jumping may worsen cartilage damage, MIT engineers find

Osteoarthritis, which affects at least 20 percent of adults in the United States, leads to deterioration of cartilage, the rubbery tissue that prevents bones from rubbing together.

18 Apr 2013

Study: Dual energy CT effective in evaluating ER department patients with ACL tears

Dual energy CT is an effective way to evaluate emergency department patients with possible anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears, a new study shows.

15 Apr 2013

New data shows overall effectiveness of ACL surgery

Orthopaedic surgeons have debated the effectiveness of the single versus double-bundle method of anterior cruciate ligament repair for years. However new data shows both techniques lead to similarly effective outcomes for patients, according to researchers presenting their work today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in Chicago, IL.

25 Mar 2013

Patients with low-grade ACL injuries from skiing can heal without surgery

Roughly a quarter of recreational skiers who tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) while hitting the slopes can be successfully treated without surgery, according to a new study.

7 Feb 2013

ACL injuries on the rise among young athletes

Until a child's bones have fully matured (in girls, typically by age 14; in boys, age 16), an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-the primary, stabilizing ligament of the knee joint-requires special consideration, treatment and care to ensure appropriate healing and to prevent long-term complications.