Medial compartment arthroplasty of the knee

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......part of the knee for many years. The medial compartment is most commonly affected. At least...of the knee suffer from isolated medial compartment disease. The patellofemoral compartment...consider only osteoarthritis of the medial compartment. The degenerative process usually...

Effects of footwear on medial compartment knee osteoarthritis

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......function in patients with symptomatic medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA). Twenty...shoes are an effective treatment for medial compartment knee OA. Key words: functional status...the load is distributed through the medial compartment of the normal knee [4], which is...

A comparison of knee braces during walking for the treatment of...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......treatment of osteoarthritis of the medial compartment. Twelve patients confirmed radiologically...unilateral osteoarthritis of the medial compartment (Larsen grade 2 to grade 4) were...osteoarthritic joint.4 Management of OA of the medial compartment of the knee in active ...

Summaries from the meeting "International Update on Osteoarthritis of the...

Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the use of the unloader brace for medial compartment osteoarthritis. Normally during walking...transmitted primarily through the medial compartment of the joint, thus producing a varus...brace tends to reduce the load on the medial compartment by approximately 17% if an 8 [degrees...

Braces and splints for musculoskeletal conditions.

American Family Physician;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......patients with osteoarthritis of the medial compartment of the knee. Use of the patellar...have been developed to unload the medial compartment for patients with varus osteoarthritis...treatment option for patients with medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee. These...

Improvement in function after valgus bracing of the knee: An analyst of...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......the knee occurs more often in the medial compartment,1 presumably due to its increased...medially, increasing the load on the medial compartment. Traditional conservative methods...and should unload the degenerative medial compartment. The term `valgus brace' derives...

Use x-rays plus scintigraphy to assess knee OA.(Musculoskeletal...

Family Practice News;  September 15, 2008 ;     219 words ......Traditional radiographic assessment of osteoarthritis in the medial compartment of the knee should be combined with scintigraphic data...knee and response to therapies. The earliest stages of medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee often are secondary to meniscal...

Clinical effectiveness of high tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the...

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases;  December 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......in 81 patients who had pain due to medial compartment osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee...close the audit loop. ********** Medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee causes...or equal to] 5 mm * Predominantly medial compartment OA * No ligament laxity * Non-obese...

Combined anterior cruciate reconstruction and Oxford unicompartmental knee...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......symptomatic osteoarthritis of the medial compartment and pre-existing deficiency of the...with symptomatic arthritis of the medial compartment, in whom the anterior cruciate ligament...Symptomatic osteoarthritis of the medial compartment in young and active patients with...

Case study: A 25 year old female presenting with knee trauma

Synergy;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......determine the presence of * Widened medial compartment; * Loose bodies within the joint - from...dissecans; * Avulsion fracture. Widened medial compartment A widened medial compartment would be noticeable on an AP radiograph...

The Unispacer knee implant: EARLY CLINICAL RESULTS

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......use in the treatment of isolated medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee. The indications...use of the Unispacer in isolated medial compartment osteoarthritis is associated with...self-centring mobile-bearing spacer in the medial compartment of the knee for patients for whom...

Open-wedge osteotomy of the proximal tibia with hemicallotasis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the medial compartment of the knee with closed-wedge or...of 50 knees with arthritis of the medial compartment in 46 consecutive patients was randomly...procedure for osteoarthritis of the medial compartment of the knee with a varus deformity...

The Oxford medial unicompartmental knee replacement using a...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......long-term results when used in the medial compartment have been good with survival rates...indications for the Oxford knee are medial compartment osteoarthritis or avascular necrosis...loss with bone-eburnation in the medial compartment. The ACL should be intact. The varus...

The effect of alignment of the knee on the outcome of unicompartmental...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the management of arthritis of the medial compartment. We measured the tibiofemoral angle...undercorrection of the TFA in UKA of the medial compartment should be avoided, particularly if...intraoperative findings of arthritis of the medial compartment with changes in the ...

Clinical Data Presented on OrthoGlide(R) Medial Knee Implant.

PR Newswire;  November 28, 2007 ;     415 words ......study has enrolled 92 patients with osteoarthritis of the medial compartment that met the inclusion criteria, said Dr. Arnold. These...treatment of patients with moderate osteoarthritis of the medial compartment. It is securely implanted without bone cutting or rigid...