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• Recurring Shoulder Instability Injuries Likely Among Young Athletes Playing Contact Sports

  Posted on: 01 March, 2017

  Source: Science Daily

  Summer is a peak season for many sports and with that comes sport-related
  injuries. Among those injuries is shoulder joint dislocation. According to
  a literature review in the August 2012 issue of the Journal of the
  American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, most incidents of shoulder joint
  instability are the result of traumatic contact injuries like force or
  falling on an outstretched arm; a direct blow to the shoulder area;
  forceful throwing, lifting or hitting; or contact with another player.

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• Common Shoulder Injury Treated Non-Surgically May Increase Chances of Return-To-Play

  Posted on: 01 March, 2017

  Source: MedicalNewsToday

  Surgically repairing a painful shoulder injury in baseball players known as a SLAP tear (superior labral) varies widely and often doesn’t allow for return to play at the same level as before the injury. However, researchers presenting their findings at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland suggest that nonsurgical treatment may be more beneficial.Â

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• Rehabilitation Following Rotator Cuff Surgery Requires Change

  Posted on: 01 March, 2017

  Source: MedicalNewsToday

  A new Hospital for Special Surgery study suggests that the current rehabilitation used for patients undergoing tendon-bone repairs such as rotator cuff repair may be partially to blame for the high rates of failed healing after surgery. Experiments in a rat model of this injury suggest that immobilizing the limb for four to six weeks after surgery, rather than quickly starting physical therapy, improves healing.Â

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• Polyurethane scaffold promotes meniscal regeneration, shows good 2-year results

  Posted on: 01 March, 2017

  Source – Healio.com

  Arthroscopic implantation of a polyurethane scaffold to treat partial meniscal lesions showed good results over other meniscal treatment methods at the 2-year follow-up, according to research presented at the European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy Congress 2012, here.

  “This new scaffold is very interesting with preliminary results comparable to the CMI (Menaflex Collagen Meniscus Implant; Regen Biologics), but with an easier surgical management,” Muccioli said in his presentation.

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• Is early passive motion exercise necessary after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair?

  Posted on: 01 March, 2017

  Source – Shoulderdoc.co.uk

  Early passive motion exercise has been the standard rehabilitation protocol after rotator cuff repair for preventing postoperative stiffness. However, recent approaches show that longer immobilization may enhance tendon healing and quality.

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