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Background: Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the humeral capitellum is an important cause of elbow disability in young athletes. Large and unstable lesions sometimes require joint reconstruction with osteochondral autograft. Several approaches have been ...
A smart wearable (SW) for collecting data on an integrity of a joint of a wearer, the wearable including a first frame (1) configured to be attached in proximity of the joint of the wearer, the frame (1) including an elastic sensor frame (3) having an open ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of modifying stride length (SL) on knee adduction and flexion moments, two markers of knee loading associated with medial-compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression. This study also tested if SL ...
Cardiovascular (CV) risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are conventionally classified as 'traditional' and 'novel'. We argue that this classification is obsolete and potentially counterproductive. Further, we discuss problems with the common practic ...
Objective: To characterize ambulatory knee moments with respect to medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) severity comprehensively and to assess the possibility of developing a severity index combining knee moment parameters. Methods: Nine parameters (peak amplit ...
Due to its limited regeneration capacity, articular cartilage defects are considered a frequent
clinical problem. Initial cartilage defects, if left untreated, will progress in severity over
time and can eventually lead to degenerative joint diseases such ...
Theoretical studies suggest and experimental evidence confirms that maintaining and changing human joint stiffness by coactivated antagonistic muscles are metabolically expensive, even if muscles do not perform net mechanical work. Based on this observatio ...
Hypothesis: Nowadays, the number of people suffering from shoulder osteoarthritis increases as the population is ageing. An end-stage treatment is the total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA), but it still suffers from a high failure rate in comparison to other j ...
Background: Rotator cuff muscle degeneration is an important parameter to consider when planning shoulder arthroplasty. Hypothesis: We hypothesized that rotator cuff muscle degeneration is correlated with scapulohumeral subluxation in patients planned for ...
Introduction: Total Shoulder Arthroplasty is a well-established surgery for restoring comfort and function to the arthritic shoulder. Among the different surgical options this procedure appears to provide the most rapid and complete reestablishment of the ...
