... age of the patient at the time of surgery was 63.8 years. Eighty-two percent of the patients had osteoarthritis and 73 percent were female. The study found: •    95 percent of the patients could walk ...23 February 2011

...  as protected as they might think." While men's lacrosse rules mandate helmets and facemasks, women's lacrosse doesn't because female players cannot body check and collisions are minimized. However, women ...17 February 2011

... areas of more than one million people earned the most, $560,187 annually. 5. Male hand surgeons earned an average of $490,972, compared with female hand surgeons who earned an average of $439,904. Learn ...09 February 2011

... boys who played both pitcher and catcher during the study period. 3. Female Athletes More Likely Than Males to Sustain Concussions in Similar Sports. Data was gathered from 25 high schools on the number ...09 February 2011

Concussions among female high school athletes were observed at similar or higher rates than concussions among male athletes in similar sports, according to a study published in The American Journal of ...31 January 2011

Walter Virkus, MD, an orthopedic oncology specialists at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, successfully treated a young female patient with osteosarcoma and released her to return to sporting activities, according ...14 January 2011

... MD, of MedStar SportsHealth. Dr. Curl has earned many honors during her career in sports medicine and broke through several barriers in a field dominated by men. She is the first female head team ...01 January 2011

The ACL and its individual bundle attachment centers on the tibia and femur, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Quantification of the ACL and its bundle attachments ...21 December 2010

... and psychosocial behavior. LBP was reported in 41 percent of the participants. The research showed that male adolescents had more energy than female adolescents and that they were calmer, which made LBP ...20 December 2010

... in women. "We are beginning to get some insights into ACL injuries in young female patients," says Dr. Funahashi. "Researchers are trying to develop programs that can decrease the rate of ACL tears in women ...08 December 2010

... and participated in the development of the Gender Solutions Hi-Flex Knee from Zimmer, an implant specifically designed to distinguish between male and female knees. He is a member of the Association of ...07 December 2010

... difference in complications between male and female patients during ACL reconstruction, ACL reconstruction in young patients and hip revision surgery. Dr. Andrews is a member of the American Academy of ...01 December 2010

... in a field dominated by men. She is the first female head team orthopedic surgeon for a professional football team, the Baltimore Ravens, and graduated at the top of her class from Johns Hopkins School ...22 November 2010

... designed to improve stability and maximize the knee's range of motion. The design was based on extensive clinical anthropomorphic analysis of male and female anatomy. It offers a wide range of primary sizes ...18 November 2010

... for girls." In the future, Dr. Chang says sports medicine practices will focus programs on female athletes, especially young athletes, on the best ways to prevent ACL injury. 3. Knee surgery. Advances ...18 November 2010

While mountain bike-related injuries decreased from 1994-2007, a study published in The American Journal for Sports Medicine found that upper extremity fractures were the most common injury and that females ...17 November 2010

... is the first female head team orthopedic surgeon for a professional football team, the Baltimore Ravens, and graduated at the top of her class from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. At the ...15 November 2010

... hip replacements. Read other coverage on AAOS: - AAOS: Surgical Error Data for Orthopedics May Be Misleading - AAOS Campaign Attracts Female Medical Students to Orthopedics - AAOS Explains Vertebroplasty ...01 November 2010

... therapists. Speakers will include Sue Falsone, the first female physical therapist in Major League Baseball, Kelsey Logan, MD, a concussion management expert and several team physicians for professional ...28 October 2010

Recent data from 6,000 Colorado physicians shows that orthopedic surgery make up 22.4 percent of the cases causing surgical error; however, these results may be misleading when compared with national figures, ...26 October 2010