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3 Signs You May Need Knee Replacement Surgery
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 19.5% of American adults suffer from chronic knee pain. This pain can result from a variety of causes, ranging from poorly healed fractures to ACL injuries to osteoarthritis. But no matter the cause behind your flare-ups, you naturally want to find a solution. You shouldn’t…
Read More5 Nutrients That Nourish Your Knees
If you’re an athlete or if osteoporosis runs in your family, you want to do all you can to prevent knee injury. In a previous article, we talked about a new training program that helps athletes prevent knee injury. The training involves plyometric training, strength training, agility drills, and flexibility exercises. But exercise and training aren’t the only ways to strengthen…
Read MoreSay Goodbye to Runner's Knee With These 3 Tips
If you worry about your knee health, many people may tell you to avoid running at all costs. Running exerts three times as much force on the knees and joints as walking, and the extra impact purportedly weakens cartilage and worsens joint pain. However, researchers have discovered the opposite is often true. Studies indicate that running does…
Read MoreACL Injuries in the Female Athlete Textbook: Over 27,700 Chapters Downloaded and Counting
Dr. Noyes has many research interests and one of the most prominent is the prevention of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in female athletes. ACL injuries can cause long-term problems in the knee joint, including the early onset of osteoarthritis. It has been evident for some time that a gender disparity exists in noncontact ACL…
Read MoreNoyes' Knee Disorders: Surgery, Rehabilitation, Clinical Outcomes, 2nd Edition
Frank R. Noyes, MD – internationally-renowned knee surgeon and orthopaedic sports medicine specialist – presents this unparalleled resource on the diagnosis, management, and outcomes analysis for the full range of complex knee disorders. NEW TO THIS EDITION Presents step-by-step descriptions on soft tissue knee repair and reconstruction for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, meniscus repair, soft tissue transplants, osseous…
Read MoreUnique Robotic Studies Advance Knowledge of ACL Reconstruction
Dr. Noyes and scientists at the Cincinnati Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center and the University of Cincinnati recently published a series of three scientific journal articles featuring a robotic knee testing system. Using cadaver knee specimens, the robot was used to perform precise measurements of different motions and rotations that occurred within the knee under normal…
Read MoreLong-term Meniscus Transplantation Results to be Published in 2015
Dr. Noyes and clinical researchers at the Noyes Knee Institute just received acceptance of a long-term clinical research study on meniscus transplantation. Dr. Noyes was one of the first orthopaedic surgeons in the United States to offer this operation in 1988. The paper will be published in one of the most prestigious medical journals, The…
Read MoreACL Injury Prevention and Athletic Performance Enhancement Programs Developed at Noyes Knee Institute Proven Effective
A series of studies published by Dr. Noyes and researchers at the Noyes Knee Institute have shown that several sports-specific training programs were proven effective in improving athletic performance indicators. The programs were all developed using Sportsmetrics ( http://www.sportsmetrics.org) as a base. Sportsmetrics was the first ACL injury prevention program published in the medical literature in 1995…
Read MoreCincinnati Orthopedic Knee Surgeon Recognized as Most-Cited in the World
Dr Frank R Noyes received the honor of being recognized (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery) as the Orthopedic Surgeon who received the most citations of his clinical outcome and research publications in the world literature on Knee research. The study analyzed 94 orthopedic and rheumatology journals selecting the 100 most referenced publications in the…
Read MoreCorrection of Hyperextension Gait Abnormalities
Click Here for the Full Article It is well appreciated that patients with chronic insufficiency of the lateral and posterolateral structures of the knee may develop a gait abnormality that is characterized by excessive knee hyperextension during the stance phase (initial contact or heel strike, loading response, midstance, and toe-off) of the gait cycle. The…
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