Therapeutic ultrasound related pain threshold in elite track & field athletes with tibial bone stress injuries.

Objective: Tibial stress injuries are challenging in terms of early diagnosis, management strategy, and safe return-to-play. In the present study, pain production associated with the application of therapeutic ultrasound (TUS) was used as a primary diagnostic tool to assess tibial bone stress injuries, and the sensitivity of this procedure was compared with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Subject And Methods: The study was designed as a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on tibial bone stress injuries in elite Track and field athletes attending the National Track and Field Athletics Centre in Thessaloniki, Greece, in the period 1995-2007.

Assessing the accuracy of arthroscopic and open measurements of the size of rotator cuff tears: A simulation-based study.

Background: Arthroscopic procedures are commonly performed for rotator cuff pathology. Repair of rotator cuff tears is a commonly performed procedure. The intraoperative evaluation of the tear size and pattern contributes to the choice and completion of the technique and the prognosis of the repair.

Individualised radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) for symptomatic calcific shoulder tendinopathy: a retrospective clinical study.

Background: A retrospective single centre cohort analysis was performed to evaluate an individualised radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) protocol for treatment of symptomatic calcific shoulder tendinopathy.

Methods: 67 patients (79 Shoulders) were identified with 76 shoulders included for analysis. rESWT treatment protocol was adapted according to individual response to treatment.

Para-articular extraskeletal chondroma mimicking first metatarsophalangeal synovitis.

Extraskeletal chondroma is a rare benign tumor with symptoms that could mimic other common musculoskeletal pathological entities. We present a rare case of an extraskeletal para-articular chondroma of the first metatarsophalangeal joint which was initially misinterpreted as joint synovitis, based on magnetic resonance imaging findings. Histology revealed benign chondroma of the foot, which was finally treated with radical surgical excision.

Therapeutic Ultrasound in Navicular Stress Injuries in Elite Track and Field Athletes.

Objective: To ascertain whether therapeutic ultrasound (TUS) can be used to assess the progression of conservative management in navicular stress injuries.

Design: This is a prospective, clinical case series. Level of evidence IV.

Arthroscopic treatment of chronic patellar tendinopathy in high-level athletes.

To present the results of arthroscopic treatment of patellar tendinopathy in high-level competition athletes. Eleven high-level athletes presented chronic patellar tendinopathy which did not respond to long term conservative treatment. Average age of the patients was 24.

Residual malformations and leg length discrepancy after treatment of fibular hemimelia.

Background: Fibular hemimelia has been reported as the most common congenital longitudinal deficiency of the long bones. Previous studies have focused on the best treatment options for this congenital condition. There is very little to our knowledge in the literature focused on residual persisting malformations and leg length discrepancy after treatment.

Acromial morphology: effects of suboptimal radiographs.

Acromial morphology is one of the important factors related to rotator cuff pathology, especially if there is acromial encroachment onto the supraspinatus tendon. This is the rationale for many surgeons performing an acromioplasty, based on preoperative radiographs, in their treatment of rotator cuff disease. However, geometric measurements of the acromion are dependent on the radiographic view, and suboptimal radiographs of the scapula might bias the acromial morphology on the radiographs.

Healing and normal fibroblasts exhibit differential proliferation, collagen production, alpha-SMA expression, and contraction.

This study determines the differences in proliferation, collagen production, alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) expression, and contraction between healing and normal fibroblasts. Transected and sham-operated rat medial collateral ligaments (MCL) were used to obtain healing and normal fibroblasts, respectively. It was found that healing fibroblasts in monolayer culture proliferated 1.

Decreasing inflammatory response of injured patellar tendons results in increased collagen fibril diameters.

Tissue inflammation is essential in the healing process, but its effect on the quality of the healing tissue is not clear. This study determines the effect of decreasing early inflammation during wound healing in genetic deficient mice on collagen fibril diameter. Two strains of mice were used: three C3H/HeJ mice and three C3H/HeN mice for each of two time points (7 and 14 days postinjury).

The effectiveness of reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using the novel knot/press-fit technique: a cadaveric study.

Background: A variety of fixation devices are used for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring tendon grafts. These devices increase costs and can present artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging as well as complications in revision surgery. Therefore, a novel knot/press-fit technique that requires no implantable devices has been introduced.