Introduction Meniscal tears are amongst the most common injuries seen in the sports medicine and MSK clinic affecting both athletes and active patients. In the context of long-term knee health, sports participation and return to play, “not all tears are equal” with meniscal root tears often slipping under the radar of clinicians, leaving patients at […]
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The MSK playbook – Meniscal Knee Injuries
Meniscus tears, repairs, and rehab options to preserve tissue function. Key Words: #MSKPlaybook #Meniscus #MeniscusTear #KneeInjury #KneeOA #ACL #SIFK #Osteoarthritis #SEM Introduction Meniscal knee injuries are commonly seen in MSK clinics and can impact athletic patients at all levels of sport or recreational activity. Injuries are seen in both young patients following acute sports injuries […]
Treatment Options for Meniscal Tears
Keywords: Knee; Mechanical symptoms, treatment Why is this study important? Knee arthroscopy is commonly used to treat meniscal tears in young adults; a common condition with great personal and societal burden. Recently, two studies where patients were allocated to surgical or non-surgical treatment by chance (i.e. a randomized controlled trial) found no difference in patient-reported […]
Hört endlich auf degenerative Meniskusrisse zu operieren: Es wird Zeit, dass sich die gängige Praxis an der Evidenz orientiert.
Von Kay M Crossley, Joanne L Kemp, Charles Ratzlaff und Ewa M Roos übersetzt aus dem Englischen To read blog in English: https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2014/06/15/time-to-stop-meniscectomies-for-degenerative-tears-practice-must-catch-up-with-evidence/ Im Jahr 2002 wurde im New England Journal of Medicine eine randomisierte kontrollierte Studie veröffentlicht, die uns alle aufhorchen ließ. Das wirklich bemerkenswerte an dieser Studie war, dass alle Teilnehmer randomisiert drei Gruppen zugewiesen […]