Quadriceps Strength Influences Patient Function More Than Single Leg Forward Hop During Late-Stage ACL Rehabilitation by Meredith Chaput, Marcus Palimenio, Brooke Farmer, Dimitrios Katsavelis, Jennifer J. Bagwell, Kimberly A. Turman, Chris Wichman, Terry L. Grindstaff

“…# Background A comprehensive battery of tests are used to inform return to play decisions following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Performance measures contribute to patient function, but it is not clear if achieving symmetrical performance on strength and hop tests is sufficient or if a patient also needs to meet minimum unilateral thresholds…”
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Open Medial Meniscus Centralization With Arthroscopic Root Repair by Nicholas Newcomb MD, Jared Sanderford MD, Tyag Patel MD, Price Sessums MD, Ryan Price MD, William Curtis MD, Gehron Treme MD, Christopher Shultz MD

“…Background: Meniscotibial ligament disruption and medial meniscal extrusion may represent early and predisposing events contributing to medial meniscal root tears. …”
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Reconstruction of Random Structures Based on Generative Adversarial Networks: Statistical Variability of Mechanical and Morphological Properties by Mikhail Tashkinov, Yulia Pirogova, Evgeniy Kononov, Aleksandr Shalimov, Vadim V. Silberschmidt

“…The difference between the median values of ligament thickness and distance between ligaments ranged from 3.6 to 6.5% and 2.6 to 5.2%, respectively. …”
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A rare case of Ewing's sarcoma in a 4-year-old child treated by tumor endoprosthetics using 3D printing by Vladimir Stavrev, Luben Stokov, Petko Ganev, Georgi Georgiev

“…A vascular surgeon also participated in the team. The patellar ligament was reinserted to the tibial component, and myoplasty was additionally performed with the medial head of the m. gastrocnemius. …”
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The Impact of Visual Perturbation Neuromuscular Training on Landing Mechanics and Neural Activity: A Pilot Study by Timothy R Wohl, Cody R Criss, Adam L Haggerty, Justin L Rush, Janet E Simon, Dustin R Grooms

“…# Background Athletes at risk for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury have concurrent deficits in visuocognitive function and sensorimotor brain functional connectivity…”
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Increased Visual Attentional Demands Alter Lower Extremity Sidestep Cutting Kinematics in Male Basketball Players by Koen T.H. Rikken, Tom Panneman, Fabian Vercauteren, Alli Gokeler, Anne Benjaminse

“…# Background In basketball, changing direction is one of the primary mechanisms of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, often occurring within complex game situations with high cognitive demands. …”
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Machine Learning Based Method for Insurance Fraud Detection on Class Imbalance Datasets With Missing Values by Ahmed A. Khalil, Zaiming Liu, Ahmed Fathalla, Ahmed Ali, Ahmad Salah

“…The fraud datasets are usually imbalanced, as the number of fraudulent instances is much less than the ligament instances and contains missing values. Prior research has employed machine learning methods to address this class imbalance dataset problem, but there is limited effort handling the class imbalance dataset present in insurance fraud datasets. …”
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Quadriceps and Hamstrings Activation Peaks Earlier as Athletes Repeatedly Hop, but There are Differences Depending on ACL Reconstruction Technique. by Einar Einarsson, Olivia Barbosa, Magnus Kjartan Gislason, Kristin Briem, Argyro Kotsifaki, Rodney Whiteley

“…# Background After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) athletes face the challenge of regaining their previous competitive level while avoiding re-injury and early knee joint cartilage degeneration. …”
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Knee Extensor Apparatus Reconstruction with Allograft after Patellar Resection: A Case Report by Fabio Cosseddu, Martina Cordoni, Elena Bechini, Edoardo Ipponi, Francesco Rosario Campo, Antonio D'Arienzo, Lorenzo Andreani

“…The resulting gap was fulfilled with a massive allograft consisting of a quadriceps tendon, a patella and a patellar ligament. No complication or local recurrences were observed. …”
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Prevalence of Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit in Fast Bowlers and Its Correlation with Bowling Speed by Suresh Perumal

“…This causes capsuloligamentous and muscular microtrauma, leading to anterior capsule overstretching along with the posterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament (IGHL) and posterior capsular contracture. …”
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Efficacy of Odontoid Screws in Acute Type II Odontoid Fractures by Mohamed AR AbdelFatah *, Abdelrahman El Gayar, Omar El Farouk Ahmed, Sameh Hefny

“…All the patients had an intact transverse ligament. A follow-up CT of the cervical spine after one year shows good bony fusion in 21 cases (95.5%) and a fibrous fusion in one case (4.5%). …”
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Correlation Between Y-Balance Test and Balance, Functional Performance, and Outcome Measures in Patients Following ACL Reconstruction by Jin Seong Kim, Ui Jae Hwang, Moon Young Choi, Doo Hwan Kong, Kyu Sung Chung, Jeong Ku Ha, Oh Yun Kwon

“…# Background The Y-Balance test (YBT) is commonly used to evaluate balance after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). However, several studies have also used it as a functional performance test (FPT)…”
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Inflamm-Aging-Related Cytokines of IL-17 and IFN-γ Accelerate Osteoclastogenesis and Periodontal Destruction by Jingyi Tan, Anna Dai, Lai Pan, Lan Zhang, Zhongxiu Wang, Ting Ke, Weilian Sun, Yanmin Wu, Pei-Hui Ding, Lili Chen

“…For receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand- (RANKL-) primed bone marrow macrophages (BMMs), IL-17 and IFN-γ enhanced osteoclastogenesis, with the expression of osteoclastogenic mRNA (TRAP, c-Fos, MMP-9, Ctsk, and NFATc1) and protein (c-Fos and MMP-9) upregulated. Ligament-induced rat models were established to investigate the role of IL-17 and IFN-γ on experimental periodontitis. …”
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Effect of HA filler injection into the midface on the lower lid by Jungyeon Kim, Eun Young Ahn, Yekyoung Hwang, Sinhye Park, Kyoung-Jin Kang

“…In each area, 60% of the filler was injected below the orbital retaining ligament, 30% into the deep fat layer, and 10% into the superficial fat layer. …”
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Torn ACL: A New Bioengineered Substitute Brought from the Laboratory to the Knee Joint by Francine Goulet, Denis Rancourt, Réjean Cloutier, Pierrot Tremblay, Anne-Marie Belzil, Jean Lamontagne, Marc Bouchard, Julie Tremblay, Louis-Mathieu Stevens, Julie Labrosse, Eve Langelier, Marc D. McKee

“…Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur at an annual rate of 120 000 in the USA, and many need reconstructive surgery. …”
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Side Effects and Patient Tolerance with the Use of Blood Flow Restriction Training after ACL Reconstruction in Adolescents: A Pilot Study by Jennifer Prue, Dylan P Roman, Nicholas G Giampetruzzi, Arthur Fredericks, Adel Lolic, Allison Crepeau, J. Lee Pace, Adam P Weaver

“…# Background Blood flow restriction training (BFRT) has gained popularity in rehabilitation due to its benefits in reducing muscle atrophy and mitigating strength deficits following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). While the effectiveness and safety of BFRT has been well studied in healthy adult subjects, there is limited information about the use of BFRT in the adolescent population, specifically related to patient tolerance and reported side effects post ACLR…”
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Inhibition of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress by 4-Phenyl Butyric Acid Presents Therapeutic Effects on Periodontitis: Experimental Studies In Vitro and in Rats by Yang Feng, Rong Zhang, Yi-rong Wang, Fei Chen, Qiang Luo, Chuan Cai, Yang Jiao, Peng Xue

“…We isolated periodontal ligament stem cells from periodontitis patients and healthy controls (P-PDLSCs and H-PDLSCs). …”
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Stimulation of MMP-1 and CCL2 by NAMPT in PDL Cells by Marjan Nokhbehsaim, Sigrun Eick, Andressa Vilas Boas Nogueira, Per Hoffmann, Stefan Herms, Holger Fröhlich, Søren Jepsen, Andreas Jäger, Joni Augusto Cirelli, James Deschner

“…The aim of this in vitro study was to examine the regulation of periodontal ligament (PDL) cells by NAMPT and its production under inflammatory and infectious conditions. …”
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Kinematics, Kinetics and Muscle Activity Analysis during Single-leg Drop-jump Landing Followed by an Unanticipated Task: Focusing on Differences in Neurocognitive Function by Satoshi Shibata, Masahiro Takemura, Shumpei Miyakawa

“…# Background Lower neurocognitive function is a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. However, the mechanism by which lower neurocognitive function increases the risk of ACL injury remains unclear…”
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Mechanism of Tai Chi Chuan in Improving Knee Osteoarthritis from the Perspective of Sports Biomechanics by LIU Longcheng, ZHANG Feng, GAO Pengyi, ZHAO Tianlin, WANG Honghao, LI LIU Yinuo, WANG Jiaying, ZHU Xiangyu

“…However, there are still some inadequacies in Tai Chi Chuan practice, which may affect the analysis of sports biomechanics, specifically manifest in the following four aspects: (1) The training method for Tai Chi Chuan beginners may not be appropriate, which may increase the probability of muscle, ligament and joint injuries. (2) Tai Chi Chuan training movements are difficult. …”
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