Tapping test in patients with painful bone marrow edema of the knee.

Background: Although bone marrow edema (BME) of the knee is a common phenomenon, physical tests to diagnose this condition have not been investigated. We hypothesized that a mallet test would be useful as a diagnostic aid and a screening tool.

Methods: Seventy patients (36 female, 34 male) were investigated in this controlled study.

Comparison of debridement versus suture in large rotator cuff tears: long-term study of 64 shoulders.

Introduction: The goal of this study is to determine whether suturing is superior to non-closure in terms of the subjective long-term outcome in large rotator cuff tears.

Materials And Methods: A total of 64 shoulders with rotator cuff tears of at least 3 cm diameter and followed up for a mean period of 5 years and 8 months were retrospectively examined. The patients' medical history, clinical findings, radiographs and Constant scores were studied.

Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of Lenke's new scoliosis classification system.

Study Design: The assignment of idiopathic scoliosis curves to the curve types,1-6 to the lumbar spine modifier (A, B, or C), and to the sagittal thoracic modifier (-, N, +), as recently described by Lenke et al, was evaluated by five observers on two occasions.

Objective: To determine the intraobserver and interobserver reliabilities of Lenke's new system for classifying idiopathic scoliosis.

Summary Of Background Data: Lenke et al recently introduced a new system for classifying idiopathic scoliosis.