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Arthroscopic repair of posterosuperior massive rotator cuff tears provides good clinical outcomes despite high re-tear rate in the mid-term
Arthroscopic repair of posterosuperior MRCT provides significant pain and function improvement. Despite a high retear rate, mid-term clinical results remain favorable, with low complication and revision rates.
Source: JSES International
How Prehabilitation Prepares Patients for Total Joint Replacement
Prehabilitation - optimizing a patient's condition before surgery to help optimize their outcomes after it - is especially important in total joint replacement. Patients needing total joint replacement typically have adapted to reduced joint function and increased pain over time. Prehabilitation can help them begin to undo these adaptations by optimizing tissues and modifying behaviors, preparing their body for restoration after surgery.
Source: ConsultQD - Cleveland Clinic
What Causes a Patellar Tendon Tear and How to Treat It
A patellar tendon tear is a serious knee injury that often affects active individuals, making it difficult to walk or straighten the leg. Known as "jumper's knee," this condition typically requires treatment ranging from immobilization and physical therapy to potentially surgical repair, depending on the severity of the tear.
Source: Verywell Health
Teenage girls are most likely to tear their ACLs. Parents say more must be done to protect them
Sports fans hear often about high-profile athletes like U.S. Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn tearing their ACLs, and many ACL injuries are chalked up to bad luck or a part of sports that will continue to happen at all competitive levels. Still, high school-age female athletes suffer these injuries at much higher rates than their male counterparts - up to eight times more likely, one study says - and adults, most often in noncontact situations in sports that require fast changes in direction, researchers say.
Source: AP News
Rotator cuff tears are a normal part of aging, but pain isn`t inevitable
While falls and other injuries can cause acute injury to the rotator cuff, most abnormalities are the result of everyday use of the muscles. That doesn't mean everybody will experience pain and loss of function, however.
Source: Medical Xpress
