The success of a total knee replacement largely depends on accurate balancing of flexion and extension gaps in the sagittal plane. The general technique to achieve this is to resect the same amount of ...

Michele Malavolta, MD, and colleagues evaluated the femoral external rotation angle using Tensor (Medacta International) in 87 patients with everted patella, as well as with a pure subluxated patella, ...

TRAINING EFFECTIVELY MEANS training smart. There are plenty of gym-centric terms floating around the fitness zeitgeist that won’t necessarily help you become stronger or build more muscle, especially ...

SPEND ENOUGH TIME in the gym (or consume enough fitness-related content online), and you’re sure to encounter plenty of physiology terms. If you’re not a trainer yourself or you never took any type of ...

Todd S Ellenbecker, Physiotherapy Associates Scottsdale Sports Clinic, 9917 North 95th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, USA; ellenbeckerpt{at}cox.net Background: Tennis requires repetitive ...

Pediatric patients with severe knee flexion contractures were evaluated clinically and radiographically both preoperatively and postoperatively. Demographics, diagnosis, previous operations, and ...

Objective: To determine if the combined isometric contractions of knee extension/hip adduction and knee extension/hip abduction will elicit a different quadriceps and gluteus medius electromyographic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a fixed flexion contracture should be carefully evaluated and educated on stretching exercises and ...

We assessed the efficacy of progressive soft tissue distraction using monolateral external fixation in the management of severe knee flexion contractures. We prospectively evaluated 10 knee ...