Engineered Cartilage Sounds Perfect
Engineered cartilage sounds perfect. This Boston Children’s Hospital report discussed research aimed to grown cartilage in a lab to treat patients with defects.
Study on Medial Meniscus Posterior Root Tears
This study in the The American Journal of Sports Medicine looks at contact pressure in a knee during simulated gait after a medial meniscal root tear.
Clinical Reproducibility and Reliability of Lever Sign Test for Acute ACL Tear
I thought this study was interesting. Partly because I have never heard of the Lever Sign but more importantly it points out how hard it is to diagnose an ACL tear if you aren’t specially trained in Sports Medicine.
Challenging Cartilage Injuries on the Sports Doc Podcast at AOSSM
At AOSSM on Friday, I’ll be joining The Sports Doc Podcast to discuss challenging cartilage injuries with Seth Sherman, MD.
Shoulder Replacement – Bar Hangs 3 Months Post Surgery
Coming off of a full left shoulder replacement, Steve is out here doing chin ups with Dr. John! This is awesome! Amazing progress and recovery! Check out his story on Instagram.
Prehab before ACL surgery and impact on recovery
Prehab is often prescribed before ACL surgery as we aim to have nearly full range of motion and minimal swelling before surgery. However, most patients have a limited number of physical therapy visits and therefore was try to “save” visits for after surgery.
Brenda Yee — medial meniscus tear and arthroscopic repair
Brenda Yee had a medial meniscus tear that could be arthroscopically repaired and thus, spare her from needing knee replacement further down the road.
Investigating Amniotic Suspension Allograft injections
At the HSS Sports Medicine Institute, we are conducting a research study investigating the effects of Amniotic Suspension Allograft (ASA) injections for knee osteoarthritis.