BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Arthroscopic repair of rotator cuff tears can produce excellent results. The application of platelet rich plasma during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is safe, and produces… (More)
The single-bundle ACL reconstruction ensures good outcomes and it is a well-established and widespread technique. Nevertheless, some patients still present residual pain and instability. Recent… (More)
For 4 years we followed a group of football players in the youth division of a professional club, ranging in age from 9 to 19 years, and analyzed the major injuries, i.e., those which required them… (More)
The aim of this prospective observational study was to assess the 3-year clinical outcome of distal realignment and membrane-seeded autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI®) in selected patients… (More)
BACKGROUND
Revision of an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is a complicated and delicate clinical procedure whose results, theoretically, are less satisfactory than those of the first… (More)
BACKGROUND
Knee instability resulting from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is an important risk factor for the onset of meniscal tears and cartilage injuries. A delay of the ligament… (More)
T he use of platelet rich plasma (PRP) has been proposed for tendon and ligament healing. The rationale is the release of large amounts of growth factors and cytokines with regenerative, anabolic,… (More)
Non-contact injuries in soccer players may be related to the interplay between cleat type and playing surface, and bladed shoes were often blamed for non-contact injuries with no research support.… (More)
Meniscal allograft transplantation has emerged as a useful treatment for carefully selected patients. The aim of this review of meniscal allograft transplantation is to put this procedure into a… (More)
We analyzed muscle injuries collected from an Italian major-league soccer team during the period 1995–2000. We considered all the muscle accidents that had required a player to stand down for three… (More)