Introduction In the early 1970’s, as the genetic bases for several debilitating inherited diseases were uncovered, gene therapy was viewed as a means to supplement, repair, or replace defective genes,…

Inclusion and exclusion criteria The inclusion criteria were: (1) patients had subjective instability, and abnormal knee laxities were confirmed by the Lachman test and pivot shift test; (2) ACL rupture…

Design Participants were randomly assigned to either (a) TCWI or (b) IM group, and followed up for over four days. Ethical approval was obtained from the Lebanese German University Institutional…

Anatomic models Micromotions and stresses within bone and cement were compared among glenoid components that were virtually implanted in scapulae of three men and two women scheduled for shoulder arthroplasty…

Patients Between April 2006 and June 2019, endoscopic release of the pectoralis minor tendon was performed in a series of 11 shoulders with pectoralis minor syndrome using the same surgical…

Abdu WA, Sacks OA, Tosteson ANA, Zhao W, Tosteson TD, Morgan TS, Pearson A, Weinstein JN, Lurie JD (2018) Long-term results of surgery compared with nonoperative treatment for lumbar degenerative…

This retrospective study evaluates the clinical outcome after open repair of the gluteus medius tendon using the single-row suture anchor technique. In addition, clinical outcomes were compared between subjects with…

Hartvigsen J, Hancock MJ, Kongsted A, Louw Q, Ferreira ML, Genevay S et al (2018) What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention. Lancet 391:2356–2367 PubMed …

A prospective study of 30 consecutive patients with chronic degenerative rotator cuff tears was conducted. Patients with partial-thickness and complete tears of the supraspinatus tendon were recruited. The sample consisted…

Bedson J, Croft PR (2008) The discordance between clinical and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: a systematic search and summary of the literature. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9:116 Article  Google Scholar  Finan PH,…