Locked knee can be a distressing condition that affects mobility and daily activities. While some cases can be managed with ...

Investigators suspect that a higher riding patella may contribute to the development of knee osteoarthritis by shifting the load-bearing areas between the patella and the femur to regions of cartilage ...

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Quanzhou Orthopedic-Traumatological Hospital, Quanzhou, China Objectives: To explore the early quality of life (QOL), function, and pain of patients with ecchymosis ...

Cartilage cells taken from the nose can be used to repair knee injuries People experienced improvements with knee cartilage grafts grown from nasal septum cells Grafts grown for longer periods in ...

Replacement cartilage engineered from the nasal septum -- the cartilage wall that separates the left and right airways in your nose -- can be used to repair even the most complex knee injuries, ...

which uses a camera to examine the inside of the knee and diagnose problems through a small incision. Cancar says that Williams shaved off a bit of cartilage but also discovered lingering scar ...

Engineered cartilage from nasal septum cells is helping treat complex knee damage, according to researchers in Switzerland who have developed the implants. Their new study shows that giving the ...

Objectives In this study, we employ a multiomic approach to identify major cell types and subsets, and their transcriptomic profiles within the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP), and to determine ...

When cartilage wears down, the structures in our knee don't function as well as they should, resulting in pain, "and pain is really just the body's way of drawing attention to a problem in a ...

A meniscus tear is another common injury. The meniscus is a C-shaped piece of cartilage that sits between the bones in the knee joint. It acts like a shock absorber. Tears to this cartilage can occur ...

Whether it’s an aspiring NFL player, a basketball star, or a weekend warrior, damage to the knee’s articular cartilage can bring everything to a painful halt. Unlike other tissues in the body ...