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Don’t Ignore the Hamstrings after TKA
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research recently published an article entitled “Quadriceps and Hamstrings Muscle Dysfunction after Total Knee Arthroplasty.” The article discusses a study of dysfunction in the quadriceps and hamstring muscles following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA). Using bilateral isometric strength tests and EMG measures of quads / hams co-activation the study found that the [...]
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
New in Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has a new review article titled ‘What’s New in Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery.’ The review primarily discusses articles that appeared in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume), The Journal of Arthroplasty, and select articles from Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research in 2008. Topics covered in the discussion [...]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) not improved by arthroscopic surgery
A recent study published in the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy found that arthroscopic surgery in osteoarthritic knees offered no significant benefits, when used in conjunction with physical therapy and medications as opposed to physical therapy and medications alone. The subjects of the study had moderate to severe OA of the knee and did not experience [...]
