Osgood-Schlatter disease is a traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle. It presents at about ... associated neurovascular structures. Intra-articular ligaments, such as the ACL of the knee ...

Synovial fluid is made by the synovial membrane. In synovial joints, the ends of the bones are covered with cartilage (called articular cartilage) which cushions the joint and prevents friction ...

Dr. Stephen K. Aoki, Professor and Chief of Sports Medicine, specializes in the surgical treatment of pediatric, adolescent, and adult sports injuries, primarily of the hip and knee. Dr. Aoki serves ...

55 The current technique calls for positioning of the anchor at the articular margin at a 45° angle to the osseous surface. Lehtinen et al used cadavers to find that glenoid bone stock was greatest at ...

Tibial tubercle transfer, also called bony realignment or osteotomy, is a surgical treatment option for instability, arthritis or cartilage defects affecting the patellofemoral joint (kneecap and ...

Cartilage is a semi-rigid, avascular connective tissue composed of chondrocytes loosely embedded in an extracellular matrix of collagen fibres, proteoglycans and other, noncollagenous proteins ...

For the rib specimen, eight features were attempted to be identified on the digital and 3D printed models. Among them, only the inferior articular facets of the vertebral body were not apparent enough ...