Skeletal ligaments are highly organized, fibrous tissues that connect bone to bone. Some ligaments are large and easily seen or felt; others are small and subtle. All share the task of protecting the...

Synovial tissue is found in joints, tendon sheaths, and bursae and allows smooth motion. Synovial tissue is organized in a membranous structure called the synovium. This chapter describes the gross an...

Articular cartilage , the resilient durable tissue that forms the opposing articulating surfaces of synovial joints, provides these surfaces with the low friction, lubrication, and wear characteristic...

Bone is living, dynamic tissue that affects three main functions of the body: skeletal homeostasis (providing structure to house the internal organs as well as a system of pulleys and levers to move t...

Orthopaedia, the world's best (and only, hence best) free and peer-reviewed textbook for students, now has a free and not-yet-reviewed AI Generated podcast

In conjunction with United States Bone and Joint Initiative, The Codman Group will soon release ORTHOPAEDIA, a free on-line, peer-reviewed textbook of musculoskeletal medicine for medical students. Th...

A recent JAAOS article, Orthopaedic Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic correctly observed that "schedule changes and increased availability in the setting of COVID-19” may offer “newfound time” an...

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Is orthopaedics and musculoskeletal medicine REQUIRED at your school? If so, HOW MUCH? Josh Bram and a group at students at Penn and Stanford are looking for an OFFICIAL ANSWER to those questions.

A study published online in The Journal of Arthroplasty found that kinetically aligned (KA) TKA using patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) did not impact 10-year implant survival.