The damaged bone and cartilage of the knee are removed, and parts made of metal and plastic, called a prosthesis ... the femur (thighbone), the patella (kneecap), and the tibia (shinbone).

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Red Sox starting pitcher Kutter Crawford has been dealing with right patellar tendon soreness that dates back to last season. Starter Brayan Bello, meanwhile, has been shut ...

Oscar nominated makeup effects designer David White created over 62 prosthetic pieces that required a team of six to apply. Skarsgård was covered from head to toe, including elements for his ...

Demonstration of the prosthetic hand’s human-like gestures, gripping, operational functions, and patient experiments (Image by USTC). A team of researchers from the University of Science and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . MPFL reconstruction combined with thin flap trochleoplasty may yield positive outcomes for recurrent ...

Methods Patellar tendon pain (single leg decline squat test) and ultrasound imaging (greyscale (normal, diffuse thickening, hypoechoic), presence of Doppler flow) were assessed bilaterally among 58 ...

A non-exhaustive summary of reported cases of cutaneous reactions caused by a metallic implant is given in Table 5. Although many of the patients were patch test positive to their implanted metals ...

Tendon injury can occur in the mid-tendon, as in the Achilles tendon; however, most tendon pathology and pain arise at the tendon attachment to bone, such as the patellar tendon, medial and lateral ...

To complicate things, patients may also develop delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions to metals (ie, in-stent restenosis, prosthesis loosening, inflammation, pain, or allergic contact dermatitis ...