Posts Tagged: orthopaedic medicine

A Comparison of ACL Injury Rates for Female Athletes Playing Lacrosse and Field Hockey

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, ACL Tear and ACL Injury, Female Athletes, Field Hockey, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery, Lacrosse.

ACL Injury Rates for Female Athletes – Comparing Lacrosse and Field Hockey   Researchers led by Dr. Hillary J. Braun and colleagues looked at the differences in risk factors for ACL injuries for female athletes who are field hockey players compared to lacrosse players. Prior research has suggested that ACL injuries tend to be more common… Read more »

What Causes Osteoarthritis? Research on Predictors of Osteoarthritis

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under Arthritis, Injury Prevention, Joint Pains, Osteoarthritis.

What Causes Osteoarthritis? In order to understand what causes osteoarthritis, researchers consider different predictors of this painful medical condition. Researchers led by Richmond (2013) and published in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy look at joint injury, sports participation, physical activity, occupational activities and obesity to gain insight into what causes osteoarthritis. Based… Read more »

Orthopedic Physician Discusses Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) versus Platelet Poor Plasma: Which is Better?

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under Orthobiologics, PRP or Platelet Rich Plasma.

Platelet Rich Plasma or PRP is one of the hottest topic in orthobiologics that is currently being researched.  One area that PRP is being used clinically is to treat chronic tendon inflammation that advances into the condition of tendopathy.  Tendopathy is a condition where the tendon cell histology changes secondary to the chronic inflamation. If PRP… Read more »