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Innovations in Sports Traumatology: Arthroscopy, Ligament Repair, Reconstruction, Regeneration & Rehabilitation

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "General Surgery".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2024) | Viewed by 1716

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1. Competence Center for Sports & Joint Injuries “Die Praxis”, Vienna, Austria
2. Center for Sports- & Joint Surgery “Arthrowien”, Vienna, Austria
3. 2nd Orthopedic Dpt., Hospital of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Vienna, Austria
Interests: sportstrauma; shoulder instability; Ac joint; rotator cuff repair; acl surgery; ligament healing

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Dear Colleagues,

Sports traumatology is a fast-growing field in orthopedics, with multiple novel arthroscopic and minimal invasive techniques and procedures evolving over the past decade.

An increasing life expectancy combined with a progressively health-conscious society and an active senior population participating in sports has led to rising numbers of sports-trauma-related orthopedic procedures. Advances in arthroscopy have not only made it possible for us to treat sports-related injuries formerly impossible to treat with open surgery but also helped us to define and discover new pathologies. In sports traumatology, the focus has shifted to anatomic reconstruction and joint preservation via extra-anatomic reconstruction or arthroplasty. Recent developments in the field of regenerative procedures have had a growing impact on treatment strategies for sports-related injuries. As our surgical techniques have evolved to a rather consistently satisfying level in a range of fields, a future challenge in orthopedics will be the encouragement of biologic healing with the use of orthobiologics and tissue engineering.

We welcome recent sports-traumatology-related research dealing with innovative arthroscopic procedures, ligament repair, joint reconstruction, regenerative procedures and rehabilitation in this JCM Special Issue.

Dr. Roman C. Ostermann
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sports trauma
  • knee instability
  • glenohumeral instability
  • Ac joint injuries
  • rotator cuff repair
  • sports injury rehabilitation
  • cartilage repair
  • tissue engineering

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Evaluating the Suitability of the Plantaris Tendon for Sports Trauma Reconstruction and a Predictive Model of Tendon Length Based on Height and Leg Length
by JeongHyun Park, Kwang-Rak Park, Hyung-Wook Kwon, Yu-Jin Choi, Mijeong Lee, Digud Kim, Sung Wook Choi and Jaeho Cho
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(21), 6932; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12216932 - 5 Nov 2023
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This study evaluates the suitability of the plantaris tendon (PT) as a tendon graft donor for sports trauma reconstruction and proposes a predictive model for estimating PT length by using an individual’s height and leg length. Anatomical dissection of 50 cadavers (32 males [...] Read more.
This study evaluates the suitability of the plantaris tendon (PT) as a tendon graft donor for sports trauma reconstruction and proposes a predictive model for estimating PT length by using an individual’s height and leg length. Anatomical dissection of 50 cadavers (32 males and 18 females) yielded precise measurements of PT length and width while also recording height and leg length. Among the lower limbs, 89% were suitable for at least one recommended graft suitability criterion. In addition, PT length exhibited robust positive correlations with height and leg length. Predictive equations were established for estimating the PT length based on leg length and height with consistency across sexes and sides: PT length = 0.605 + 0.396 × leg length (r = 0.721) and PT length = 1.480 + 0.193 × height (r = 0.626). This study underscores the grafting potential of the PT, providing a predictive tool that can aid surgeons in addressing tendon graft challenges within sports trauma scenarios. Full article
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