University of Louisville finds group walking programs help increase faculty and staff activity.

A self-insured institution, the University of Louisville implemented a faculty and staff wellness program in 2005 to help control the cost of health insurance to the university and to its employees by addressing the three primary lifestyle drivers of health care cost: stress, physical inactivity, and obesity. The program, Get Healthy Now, provides resources to help employees understand their health status and take corrective action where needed. One successful initiative within Get Healthy Now has been "Trek the Trail.

Arthroscopic management of elbow trauma.

The arthroscope can assist in effectively treating traumatic injuries about the elbow, including some intra-articular fractures. Proper selection of patients is important to ensure effective treatment, but when used judiciously, arthroscopic-assisted debridement and fracture fixation is effective. The arthroscope is a valuable tool in the diagnosis and management of acute intra-articular fractures and in dealing with the sequelae that sometimes cause problems after healing has occurred.

Arthroscopic repair of anterior glenohumeral instability and rotator interval lesions.

As the techniques and instrumentation for shoulder arthroscopy continue to improve and evolve, its role in the treatment of anterior shoulder instability progresses also. With more surgeons becoming familiar with these advancements and techniques, arthroscopic stabilization results continue to improve and help arthroscopy become the "preferred method" for the treatment of shoulder instability. Adjunct procedures such as closure of the rotator interval also are helping to improve our arthroscopic results and are an important improvement in our understanding of the pathoanatomy of shoulder instability repairs.

Chondroblastoma of the talus treated with osteochondral autograft transfer from the lateral femoral condyle.

Chondroblastoma is a benign cartilaginous lesion of bone. When occurring in a position juxtaposed to articular cartilage, treatment is directed at removal of the tumor with preservation of the articular cartilage. In this case, a chondroblastoma of the talus with erosion into the articular cartilage was treated with transfer of an osteochondral autograft from the ipsilateral femoral condyle.