The Mézières Method as a Novel Treatment for Elite Spanish Second-Division Soccer League Players With Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of 24 weeks of treatment with Mézières method in a Spanish elite second-division soccer team with low back pain (LBP), analyzing their state of back health, flexibility, pain, and steps speed.

Design: Double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Methods: A total of 20 players with LBP from the second soccer division league were allocated equally to the experimental and control groups (n = 10) as per selection criteria and participated in 2 different rehabilitation programs.

Early dislocation in primary total hip arthroplasty using a posterior approach with repair of capsule and external rotators.

Objective: To determine the incidence of dislocation after primary total hip arthroplasty using a posterior approach with repair of capsule and transosseous external rotators.

Material And Method: Historical cohort study between January 2009 and December 2015 of all the cases of dislocation of primary total hip arthroplasty operated using a posterior approach with repair of capsule and transosseous external rotators. Demographic and clinical data concerning the patient, surgery and dislocation were collected and analyzed.

Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient with Paget's disease of the adjacent femoral bone.

A 49-year-old male patient, diagnosed as having Paget's disease involving the lumbar vertebrae and both femora, felt persistent pain and swelling in the left knee after trauma. A synovectomy was performed. Clinical and histological findings led to the diagnosis of pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee joint.