Efficacy of Stem Cell Therapy for Tendon Disorders: A Systematic Review.

Background: Stem cell therapy is an emerging treatment for tendon disorders.

Purpose: To systematically review the efficacy of stem cell therapy for patients with tendon disorders.

Study Design: Systematic review; Level of evidence, 4.

The treatment of medial tibial stress syndrome in athletes; a randomized clinical trial.

Background: The only three randomized trials on the treatment of MTSS were all performed in military populations. The treatment options investigated in this study were not previously examined in athletes. This study investigated if functional outcome of three common treatment options for medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) in athletes in a non-military setting was the same.

Clinical tests in shoulder examination: how to perform them.

Background: This article describes the best clinical tests of shoulder function and injury as identified in a recent systematic review published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Discussion: A description of the different tests is given, with photographs of the exact test procedure.