Childhood Obesity Increases the Risk of Failure in the Treatment of Distal Forearm Fractures.

Background: Childhood obesity is a national problem that has gained significant attention in both the medical literature and the national media. Obesity in the adult population has been associated with increased failure of conservative treatments. Our hypothesis is that childhood obesity is associated with a loss of reduction after closed treatment of distal radius fractures.

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction-rehabilitation research methodological quality: a systematic review with world region comparisons.

Purpose: A systematic review and world region comparison of combined ACL reconstruction-rehabilitation studies was performed.

Methods: Studies that combined ACL surgical-rehabilitative management published between January 1990 and June 2014 were evaluated. The combined terms "rehabilitation" and "anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction" or "ACL reconstruction" were used to search the CINAHL Plus, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, PEDro, and PubMed databases.