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10/01/2009 | Teenagers and ACL: Tears Common and Additional Surgery Most comprehensive study to date on ACL surgery finds younger patients and women are more likely to need subsequent surgery
07/23/2009 | American Joint Replacement Registry Announced American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Creates Independent Organization
07/08/2009 | Joint Effort: What Do Your Knees Need?
07/01/2009 | Joint Replacement Patients with Diabetes Greatly Benefit from Controlled Glucose New study finds controlled glucose levels help decrease chance for complications
06/23/2009 | Worth it: Physician Sources Available to Comment on Cost Efficacy of Knee Replacement Option for Elderly
03/02/2009 | Treating Knee Ligament Injuries Identifying level of injury is key to treating MCLs nonsurgically, study finds
02/26/2009 | An Orthopaedic Roadmap for Osteoarthritis of the Knee AAOS recommendations aid orthopaedic surgeons in treating this common condition
02/25/2009 | When to Have That Joint Replacement? Some minority groups wait too long for surgery, study finds
12/11/2008 | AAOS Issues New Clinical Practice Guideline for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
08/07/2008 | Athletes: Play Sports Clean, Hard and True Orthopaedic surgeons stress the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs
06/04/2008 | The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Announces 2008 Public Service Campaign
03/06/2008 | X-Why? The Gender Implant Are these newer technologies a necessity or merely a trend?
01/14/2008 | Knee Replacement Options Expanding Partial Knee Replacements are growing in success and patient satisfaction.
04/01/2010 | Young Athletes Overuse Their Bodies and Strike Out Too Early Healthcare, Business Leaders and Professional Athletes Join Forces to Help Young Athletes Play Safe and Stay Healthy
01/28/2010 | This Winter, Go for the Gold Orthopaedic surgeons offer safety tips for Olympians and amateur winter sports enthusiasts
01/06/2010 | Clearing the Snow: The Ultimate Winter Chore Don't let shoveling snowball into a painful injury
07/27/2009 | Back-to-School Parents Earn an A+ in Safety: Backpacks, Cheerleading, Football Orthopaedic surgeons offer tips for keeping kids healthy at the start of the school year
06/22/2009 | Boomers: Tips on How to Exercise Safely
06/18/2009 | American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Offers Experts Orthopaedic surgeons available to comment on bone fractures, elbow injuries, treatment options, fall prevention
06/01/2009 | When Lawn Mowers Attack National Medical Societies Offer Tips to Prevent Injuries; Children Often Victims
05/19/2009 | Stay on Par this Golf Season, Injury Free Orthopaedic surgeons offer tips to minimize golf-related injuries
04/22/2009 | Swing that Bat into Baseball Season, Injury Free Caution from parents and coaches can prevent injuries in young baseball players
03/23/2009 | Tips on Bicycling Safety from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
03/16/2009 | Avoid Spring Cleaning Spills Orthopaedic surgeons offer tips to prevent injuries throughout the home this spring
02/25/2009 | The Most Breaking News in the Joint Millions suffer from musculoskeletal injuries and conditions
01/26/2009 | "X-Tremely" Dangerous Sports Prevent serious injuries from "extreme" winter sports by following these safety tips
01/06/2009 | Skate Through Winter Sports Injury-Free A few tips can keep you safe during these cold, snowy months
12/09/2008 | Safety Tips for the Holiday Season
11/18/2008 | Lug Your Luggage Safely Carrying and Lifting Tips to Keep you Injury-free this Holiday Season
11/06/2008 | Get Ready to Get Up, Get Out and Get Moving!
09/22/2008 | Avoiding the 'Rakes and Pains' of Autumn Yard Work Orthopaedic surgeons offer tips during Fall outdoor clean-up
07/16/2008 | Don't Let Injuries Keep your Child in the Dugout Caution from parents and coaches can prevent injuries in young baseball players
06/17/2008 | Keep Golf Injuries from Sending You to the Clubhouse Orthopaedic surgeons offer tips to minimize golf-related injuries
06/12/2008 | Boomers: Tips on How to Exercise Safely
05/27/2008 | Use Care and Caution While Mowing the Lawn Orthopaedic surgeons provide tips for trimming lawn mower injuries
04/24/2008 | Avoid Spring Cleaning Spills Orthopaedic surgeons offer tips to prevent injuries throughout the home this spring