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• How ACL and PCL Injuries Differ

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 01 April, 2025

  The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) are two major ligaments in the knee that work together to provide stability. They are also common sites of serious tears, particularly in athletes. Although ACL and PCL injuries may initially appear to have similar symptoms, such as knee instability and pain, the ligament injuries have unique characteristics that make them differ in terms of who is affected, extent of injury, and treatment guidelines.

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• Why do women have more trouble after knee injuries? Model explains estrogen's role

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 01 April, 2025

  A computer model of the cellular environment inside the knee developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers sheds light on why women tend to have worse outcomes after knee injuries than men. Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, could facilitate research into new therapies for knee inflammatory disorders and personalized treatments for patients with these conditions.

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• Free bone graft transfer may yield similar outcomes as Latarjet for shoulder instability

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 01 April, 2025

  According to published results, free bone graft transfer and the Latarjet procedure demonstrated clinically similar outcomes for patients with anterior shoulder instability and glenoid bone loss at 5 years. Results showed the techniques had similar rates of successful stabilization. However, neither technique prevented the progression of instability arthropathy.

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• Physical Therapy for a Colles Fracture

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 01 April, 2025

  A Colles fracture is a break in one of the forearm bones near the wrist that commonly requires physical therapy after a period of immobilization. The exercises used in physical therapy are focused on restoring wrist flexion (bending the hand down at the wrist), wrist extension (bending the hand up at the wrist), and deviation (bending your hand side to side at the wrist).

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• UCL repair with internal bracing may yield faster return to sport vs. Tommy John surgery

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 01 April, 2025

  UCL repair with internal bracing yielded faster return to practice and faster return to competition vs. UCL reconstruction. Both UCL repair and reconstruction had high rates of return to sport.

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