Validation of Panoramic Ultrasound Measurement of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Vastus Medialis.

Minnehan, KS, Dexter, WW, Holt, CT, Scharnetzki, L, Alex, JP, Chin, KE, and Kokmeyer, DJ. Validation of panoramic ultrasound measurement of the cross-sectional area of the vastus medialis. J Strength Cond Res 37(1): 41-45, 2023-The cross-sectional area (CSA) of the vastus medialis (VM) is an independent predictor of important clinical outcomes in musculoskeletal conditions of the knee, such as pain and long-term function.

Prognosis Driven Rehabilitation After Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery.

Background: Rehabilitation after rotator cuff repair surgery has been the focus of several clinical trials in the past decade. Many illuminate new evidence with regard to the prognosis of structural and functional success after surgery.

Methods: A selective literature search was performed and personal physiotherapeutic and surgical experiences are reported.

Clinical Results After Conservative Management for Grade III Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries: Does Eventual Surgery Affect Overall Outcomes?

Purpose: To compare the clinical outcomes in patients with grade III acromioclavicular (AC) joint injuries in whom nonoperative therapy was successfully completed and those who had nonoperative therapy failure and who proceeded to undergo surgical reconstruction.

Methods: Forty-nine patients were initially treated nonoperatively for grade III AC joint injuries with physical therapy. Patients completed questionnaires at initial presentation and after a follow-up period of 2 years.

Gait considerations in patients with femoroacetabular impingement.

Unlabelled: The literature describing the characteristic features of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) has been on the rise, increasing awareness of this pathology in the young, active population. The physical therapist should consider FAI as a contributing factor to anterior hip pain, impairments, and functional deficits of the lower quarter. The dynamic interplay of anatomical variations, pain, and muscle function and their effects on gait in patients with FAI, however, is poorly understood.

Rehabilitation after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: current concepts review and evidence-based guidelines.

Purpose: To provide an overview of the characteristics and timing of rotator cuff healing and provide an update on treatments used in rehabilitation of rotator cuff repairs. The authors' protocol of choice, used within a large sports medicine rehabilitation center, is presented and the rationale behind its implementation is discussed.

Background: If initial nonsurgical treatment of a rotator cuff tear fails, surgical repair is often the next line of treatment.

Suggestions from the field for return-to-sport rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: alpine skiing.

Alpine skiing is a high-risk sport for injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). While descending a hill, a skier must resist large centrifugal forces at a high velocity, while the knees are positioned in postures that place the ACL at risk of injury. Skiers who undergo ACL reconstructive surgery are prone to a high rate of reinjury to the same knee and even ACL injury in the uninjured knee.

Shoulder injuries in the throwing athlete.

Pathologic conditions in the shoulder of a throwing athlete frequently represent a breakdown of multiple elements of the shoulder restraint system, both static and dynamic, and also a breakdown in the kinetic chain. Physical therapy and rehabilitation should be, with only a few exceptions, the primary treatment for throwing athletes before operative treatment is considered. Articular-sided partial rotator cuff tears and superior labral tears are common in throwing athletes.

The reliability of multitest regimens with sacroiliac pain provocation tests.

Background: Studies concerning the reliability of individual sacroiliac tests have inconsistent results. It has been suggested that the use of a test regimen is a more reliable form of diagnosis than individually performed tests.

Objective: To assess the interrater reliability of multitest scores by using a regimen of 5 commonly used sacroiliac pain provocation tests.