The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2009;91:241-256.
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What's New in Sports Medicine

Andrew C. Gerdeman, MD1, MaCalus V. Hogan, MD1 and Mark D. Miller, MD1

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, 400 Ray C. Hunt Drive, Suite 330, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0159. E-mail address for M.D. Miller: mdm3p@virginia.edu

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   Introduction
 
This sports medicine specialty update is based on scientific publications and organizational proceedings from September 2007 to August 2008. It includes a brief review of important research from the three premier sports medicine journals, namely, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume), The American Journal of Sports Medicine, and Arthroscopy. In addition, the scientific presentations from the annual and Specialty Day meetings of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), and the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) were reviewed, with any pertinent material included in this update.


   Knee
 
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament is perhaps the most extensively researched and frequently reconstructed ligament, and it continues to be a major focus of research in sports medicine. Clinical outcomes, biomechanics, and surgical techniques have received the majority of recent attention related to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Along with immediate restoration . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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