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Don’t Ignore the Hamstrings after TKA

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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 difference in […]

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Orthopaedic/Orthopedic Protocols

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Many physical therapists use orthopaedic/orthopedic rehab protocols frequently throughout their daily practice. Former Calgary Flames and Canadian Olympic Team Physical Therapist, Terry Kane, used to run a website called OrthopaedicProtocols.com . The site linked to dozens of orthopaedic/orthopedic protocol documents from all over the internet. Unfortunately he has since taken the site down. The documents included come from

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New in Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery

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  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 articlesfrom Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research in 2008. Topics covered in the discussion

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A bouncy, anti-gravity workout with the new AlterG treadmill – Boing Boing

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  Boing Boing has an interesting article on the (fairly) new AlterG treadmill. From the article: “The AlterG is no ordinary treadmill, though. It is a super fancy, super-expensive treadmill that isolates the lower body in a vacuum and literally takes off percentages of your body weight using technology developed by NASA.” The treadmill can

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