Douglas E. Padgett, MD: While the historical teaching has always been that the best predictor of postoperative motion following total knee arthroplasty is preoperative motion, improvements in total ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This study was done to evaluate the change of medial-lateral gap in flexion and extension after posterior ...

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 ...

1 Department of Sport Development, Management and Coaching, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2 Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK ...

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 ...

Objective: The objective was to determine the effect of trunk focused neuromuscular training (TNMT) on hip and knee strength. The hypothesis was that TNMT would increase standing isokinetic hip ...

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 ...

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 ...

Knee flexion contractures are common in certain orthopaedic conditions, particularly in pediatric patients with arthrogryposis. [5] Significant contractures ( 30°) are difficult to brace and may ...