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Category: Pediatrics

Physical Examination Your doctor will want to see how your child stands up from a sitting position on the floor. Because of weak leg muscles, children with DMD stand up in a unique way that has been termed the Gower's maneuver. They start out on their hands and feet, planting...

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Category: Pediatrics

Metatarsus adductus improves by itself most of the time, usually over the first 4 to 6 months of life. Babies aged 6 to 9 months with severe deformity or feet that are very rigid may be treated with casts or special shoes with a high rate of success. Surgery to straighten the...

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Tessa Balach, MD; Paul C. Baldwin, MD; Jessica Intravia, MD
Category: Basic Science

The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) is the #1 clinical review journal of musculoskeletal education in the world. The peer-reviewed articles presented each month in JAAOS critically evaluate and synthesize current information regarding the...

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Justin S Yang; Matthew B Dobbs
Category: Basic Science

BACKGROUND: The most common historical treatment method for congenital vertical talus is extensive soft-tissue release surgery. A minimally invasive treatment approach that relies primarily on serial cast correction was introduced almost ten years ago, with promising early...

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Frederick A Matsen, 3rd; Ning Li; Huizhong Gao; Shaoqing Yuan; Stacy M Russ; Paul D Sampson
Category: Shoulder and Elbow

BACKGROUND: Increased length of hospital stay, hospital readmission, and revision surgery are adverse outcomes that increase the cost of elective orthopaedic procedures, such as shoulder arthroplasty. Awareness of the factors related to these adverse outcomes will help surgeons...

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Yusuke Ueda; Hiroyuki Sugaya; Norimasa Takahashi; Keisuke Matsuki; Nobuaki Kawai; Morihito Tokai; Kazutomo Onishi; Shota Hoshika
Category: Shoulder and Elbow

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic adhesive capsulitis is defined as a frozen shoulder with severe and global range-of-motion loss of unknown etiology. The purpose of our study was to clarify the prevalence of rotator cuff lesions according to patterns and severity of range-of-motion loss...

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Gregory P Guyton
Category: Foot and Ankle

JBJS-A is an AAOS Member benefit for AAOS Fellows. Please login to the OrthoPortal using the link in the top right of this page to access all volumes of JBJS-A since 1960. Non AAOS Members may access the JBJS-A online directly on the www.jbjs.org web site via individual or...

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Peter Bock; Rainer Kluger; Karl-Heinz Kristen; Martina Mittlböck; Reinhard Schuh; Hans-Joerg Trnka
Category: Foot and Ankle

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the long-term results of surgical correction of hallux valgus deformity, in particular, the recurrence rate and factors leading to recurrence. METHODS: Of one hundred and eight patients (115 feet) who underwent a Scarf osteotomy, ninety-three...

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Seungcheol Kang; Soo-Sung Park
Category: Foot and Ankle

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical value of using the lateral tibiocalcaneal (LTiC) angle, measured on a lateral radiograph made with the foot and ankle in maximal dorsiflexion, instead of the ankle dorsiflexion (ADF) angle, measured on...

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