Publications by authors named "Francisco Bernardes"
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- Patella baja is a rare knee condition causing stiffness and pain in the knee's front, often resulting from injury, immobilization, or surgery.
- The main issue is the thickening and shortening of the patellar ligament, and there isn't a standard treatment approach for it.
- A case involving a 73-year-old woman with knee stiffness after total knee replacement showed significant improvement following a new soft tissue surgical technique, boosting her knee function score from 16 to 81 and facilitating her return to daily activities.
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), also called Forestier disease, is a clinical entity characterized by ossification of the anterolateral ligaments of the spine. DISH is more commonly diagnosed in older males, with an estimated prevalence of 42% in patients older than 65 years. As the disease affects predominantly the thoracic spine, dysphagia is a rare presentation of this entity observed in only 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The objective of this study was the assessment of the injuries occurred over the competitive rowing lifetime of Portuguese senior rowers.
Material And Methods: We sent a questionnaire to all Portuguese senior rowers medalled in the national championships during the 2013-2014 season. We analysed biometric variables, anatomic location, type and circumstances of injury occurrence, type of treatment provided and time of inactivity.