Posts Tagged: acl surgery

How Does Knee Surgery Impact Student Athletes?

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, ACL Tear and ACL Injury, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery, Knee Replacement Surgery, Meniscal Tear, Patellar Instability, Sports Injury and Children / Teens, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury.

Researchers including Caitlin Rugg MS, Dean Wang MD, and colleagues (2014) at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCLA looked at how knee surgery impacts the sports career for intercollegiate athletes. Athletes who participated in college sports between 2003 and 2008 with a history of knee surgery were identified for analysis. Data on approximately 456… Read more »

Knee Function and Quality of Life after Bilateral ACL Injuries

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, ACL Tear and ACL Injury, Basketball Injuries, Football Injuries, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery, Soccer Injuries, Sports Injury and Children / Teens, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury.

The ACL injury is very common in certain sports such as soccer, football, and basketball. The data has revealed that 14 percent of patients with a unilateral ACL injury will go on to develop an ACL injury to the other leg. There is an incidence of 32 to 70 ACL injuries per 100,000 people per… Read more »

ACL Injury Prevention Programs Benefit Youth Athletes – Learn about ACL Injury Prevention from Louisville Orthopedic

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, Injury Prevention, Kids and Physical Activity, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery.

ACL Injury Prevention Programs Benefit Athletes As noted by Dr. Carter Mitchell (2013), programs focused on preventing ACL injuries are very important given the prevalence of ACL injury among athletes of all ages including youth athletes. ACL injury prevention programs focus on a number of issues including: increasing strength, endurance, stability and balance. After reviewing data… Read more »

ACL Injury in Children and Teens – Diagnosis and Treatment Information from Orthopedic Surgeon in Louisville, KY

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery, Sports Injury and Children / Teens, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury.

The ACL injury is difficult to manage in children, adolescents and the skeletally immature. An excellent review article was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, in February, 2013. Drs. Frank and Gambacorta were the authors. Listed below are key facts regarding the incidence, diagnosis and treatment of the ACL injury… Read more »

ACL Injury Topic of New Video Created by Louisville Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Stacie Grossfeld

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, Dr. Grossfeld @ Work, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery.

Louisville orthopedic and Sports Medicine physician Dr. Stacie Grossfeld recently created an educational video covering ACL Injury and ACL tears.  Check out the ACL injury video on YouTube. The video is based on a recent keynote lecture Dr. Grossfeld provided to the “No Bones About It” Lecture Series at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, Kentucky, in January 2013. Dr…. Read more »